First printed in Rise of the Eldrazi (2010)
Sorcery
Each player's life total becomes the lowest life total among all players.
Sorin has gathered grudges for centuries, patiently awaiting the day he can exact the perfect vengeance.
- Illustrated by
- Vance Kovacs
Legality
- Legal in
- Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Penny Dreadful, Commander, Duel Commander, PreDH, Oathbreaker
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Pauper Commander, Tiny Leaders, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Rulings (2)
- For a player’s life total to become a certain number that’s lower than their current life total, what actually happens is that the player loses the appropriate amount of life. For example, if the lowest life total in the game is 5 and another player has 12 life, Repay in Kind will cause that player to lose 7 life. Abilities that interact with life loss will interact with this effect accordingly.
- In a Two-Headed Giant game, anything that cares about a player’s life total checks the life total of that player’s team. In addition, if an effect would cause the life total of each member of a team to become a certain number, that team chooses one of its members. On that team, only that player is affected, then the life total change is applied to the entire team. For example, if one team has 13 life and another team has 21 life, the team with the higher life total chooses one of its members and Repay in Kind causes that player to lose 8 life, thus causing that team’s life total to also be 13.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.006 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 30 Oct 2026).
Combos
19 combos, the most popular first:
- Near-infinitely large creature until end of turn, Each opponent loses the game…: Repay in Kind + Wall of Blood (+ 1 other requirement)
- Each opponent loses the game, Near-infinite lifeloss for all players: Blood Celebrant + Repay in Kind (+ 1 other requirement)
- Each opponent loses the game, Near-infinite lifeloss for all players…: Necropotence + Repay in Kind (+ 1 other requirement)
- Each opponent loses the game, Near-infinite lifeloss for all players: Repay in Kind + Selenia, Dark Angel (+ 1 other requirement)
- Infinite lifeloss: Lich + Repay in Kind
- Each opponent loses the game, Near-infinite lifeloss for all players: Mischievous Poltergeist + Repay in Kind (+ 1 other requirement)
- Each opponent loses the game, Near-infinite lifeloss: Blood Celebrant + Blood Tithe + K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth + Repay in Kind
- Each opponent loses the game, Near-infinite lifeloss for all players: Hex Parasite + Repay in Kind (+ 1 other requirement)
- Near-infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Near-infinite draw triggers…: M.O.D.O.K. + Repay in Kind (+ 1 other requirement)
- Each opponent loses the game, Near-infinite lifeloss for all players: Kuro, Pitlord + Repay in Kind (+ 1 other requirement)