First printed in Tarkir: Dragonstorm (2025)
All 4 prints
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Tarkir: Dragonstorm Promos (PTDM) #194p, 2025
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Tarkir: Dragonstorm Promos (PTDM) #194s, 2025
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Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDM) #194, 2025
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Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDM) #360, 2025
Inevitable Defeat 



Instant
This spell can't be countered.
Exile target nonland permanent. Its controller loses 3 life and you gain 3 life.
In the last 30 days 4.4% of Standard decks played it (63 of 1416). Most played in Azorius Control. In the last 30 days 0.2% of Pioneer decks played it (1 of 408). Most played in WUBR (unclassified).
In Limited on MTG Arena
Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).
| Set | GIH WR | vs set | IWD | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDM), Premier Draft | 60.0% | +5.0 | +5.6 | 10041 |
| Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDM), Sealed | 60.8% | +3.6 | +7.0 | 1269 |
- GIH WR
- win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
- vs set
- points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
- IWD
- improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
- Games
- games in which the card was seen
Staple
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Standard staples:
main deck, 4% of decks (#133)
Multicolor, Instants, Removal, Creature removal, Artifact removal, Enchantment removal, Lifegain
Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.
Legality
Constructed
- Standard Legal
- Pioneer Legal
- Modern Legal
- Legacy Legal
- Vintage Legal
- Pauper Not legal
- Future Standard Legal
- Historic Legal
- Timeless Legal
- Alchemy Legal
- Penny Dreadful Legal
- Premodern Not legal
- Old School 93/94 Not legal
Singleton
- Gladiator Legal
Commander formats
- Commander Legal
- Duel Commander Legal
- Pauper Commander Not legal
- PreDH Not legal
- Tiny Leaders Not legal
- Oathbreaker Legal
- Brawl Legal
- Standard Brawl Legal
- Competitive Brawl Legal