The Cruelty of Gix 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
Read ahead (Choose a chapter and start with that many lore counters. Add one after your draw step. Skipped chapters don't trigger. Sacrifice after III.) I — Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a creature or planeswalker card from it. That player discards that card. II — Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle. You lose 3 life. III — Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.
How it works : The Cruelty of Gix
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
You must search your library as the chapter II ability resolves, and you will lose 3 life.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
As a Saga with read ahead enters the battlefield, its controller chooses a number from one to that Saga’s greatest chapter number. The Saga enters the battlefield with the chosen number of lore counters. Neither choosing the number nor putting the counters on the Saga use the stack, and neither can be responded to.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Narci, Fable Singer + The Cruelty of Gix + Huatli's Raptor + Hex Parasite
- 1At the beginning of your precombat main phase, The Cruelty of Gix triggers, putting a lore counter on it.
- 2The Cruelty of Gix's third chapter ability triggers.
- 3Holding priority, activate Hex Parasite by paying
and removing a lore counter from The Cruelty of Gix, giving Hex Parasite +1/+0 until end of turn. - 4Resolve the Cruelty of Gix trigger from step 2, returning Hautli's Raptor from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 5Huatli's Raptor and Narci's second ability triggers.
- 6Resolve the Narci trigger, causing each opponent to lose 5 life and you to gain 5 life.
- 7Holding priority, activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Huatli's Raptor, adding .
- 8Resolve the Huatli's Raptor trigger, putting a lore counter on The Cruelty of Gix.
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