TYPE
Instant

ABILITY
Target creature that dealt damage this turn gets -5/-5 until end of turn.

FLAVOR TEXT
"The contract specified an appendage for a missed payment. Read the fine print: the head is an appendage."

ILLUSTRATOR
Karl Kopinski

LEGALITIES
Standard Future Historic Timeless Gladiator Pioneer Explorer Modern Legacy Pauper Vintage Penny Commander Oathbreaker Standardbrawl Brawl Alchemy Paupercommander Duel Oldschool Premodern Predh

LANGUAGES
EN FR DE IT JP KR PT RU ES ZH-CN ZH-TW

RULINGS

• 2013-01-24 It doesn’t matter what the creature dealt damage to or if that damage was combat damage.
• 2013-01-24 You can’t choose a creature that hasn’t yet dealt damage during the turn as the target of Executioner’s Swing, so in most cases it’s not possible for Executioner’s Swing to reduce the amount of combat damage a creature deals. (If a creature has double strike, you could cast Executioner’s Swing after it deals first-strike damage but before it deals regular combat damage.)