Requiting Hex — ruling 1

If a creature on the battlefield has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0 for the purpose of determining its mana value.

Requiting Hex — ruling 2

The creature you choose to put -1/-1 counters on doesn't have to have enough toughness to survive the process. For example, if you blight 2, you can choose to put the counters on a 1/1 creature you control.

Requiting Hex — ruling 3

If a creature that has +1/+1 counters on it receives enough -1/-1 counters to cause it to be destroyed by lethal damage or put into its owner's graveyard for having 0 or less toughness, effects that refer to the counters on that creature when it died will see all of those +1/+1 and -1/-1 counters.

Requiting Hex — ruling 4

Once you've announced that you're casting a spell or activating an ability, players can't take actions until you've finished doing so. Notably, opponents can't try to destroy or otherwise remove your creatures to stop you from blighting as part of paying the cost of that spell or ability.

Requiting Hex — ruling 5

All of the -1/-1 counters must be put on a single creature. You can't choose to split them up between multiple creatures.

Requiting Hex — ruling 6

If the target creature is an illegal target as Requiting Hex tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. You won't gain life even if the additional cost was paid.

Requiting Hex — ruling 7

If a creature has +1/+1 counters and -1/-1 counters on it, state-based actions remove the same number of each so that it has only one kind of those counters on it. For example, if a creature has three +1/+1 counters on it and two -1/-1 counters are put on it, state-based actions will remove two of each of those kinds of counters, leaving the creature with just one +1/+1 counter.

Requiting Hex — ruling 8

If you can't place -1/-1 counters on any creatures you control (probably because you control no creatures), you can't choose to blight.

Requiting Hex : règles, fonctionnement et interactions (MTG)

Requiting Hex is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.

Official card text

As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may blight 1. (You may put a -1/-1 counter on a creature you control.) Destroy target creature with mana value 2 or less. If this spell's additional cost was paid, you gain 2 life.

How it works : Requiting Hex

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

#1November 17, 2025· Wizards of the Coast
If a creature on the battlefield has in its mana cost, X is 0 for the purpose of determining its mana value.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#2November 17, 2025· Wizards of the Coast
The creature you choose to put -1/-1 counters on doesn't have to have enough toughness to survive the process. For example, if you blight 2, you can choose to put the counters on a 1/1 creature you control.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#3November 17, 2025· Wizards of the Coast
If a creature that has +1/+1 counters on it receives enough -1/-1 counters to cause it to be destroyed by lethal damage or put into its owner's graveyard for having 0 or less toughness, effects that refer to the counters on that creature when it died will see all of those +1/+1 and -1/-1 counters.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#4November 17, 2025· Wizards of the Coast
Once you've announced that you're casting a spell or activating an ability, players can't take actions until you've finished doing so. Notably, opponents can't try to destroy or otherwise remove your creatures to stop you from blighting as part of paying the cost of that spell or ability.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#5November 17, 2025· Wizards of the Coast
All of the -1/-1 counters must be put on a single creature. You can't choose to split them up between multiple creatures.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#6November 17, 2025· Wizards of the Coast
If the target creature is an illegal target as Requiting Hex tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. You won't gain life even if the additional cost was paid.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#7November 17, 2025· Wizards of the Coast
If a creature has +1/+1 counters and -1/-1 counters on it, state-based actions remove the same number of each so that it has only one kind of those counters on it. For example, if a creature has three +1/+1 counters on it and two -1/-1 counters are put on it, state-based actions will remove two of each of those kinds of counters, leaving the creature with just one +1/+1 counter.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#8November 17, 2025· Wizards of the Coast
If you can't place -1/-1 counters on any creatures you control (probably because you control no creatures), you can't choose to blight.
No other card is named in this ruling.