Heartless Hidetsugu (CMM)

Heartless Hidetsugu
Casting Cost: {3}{R}{R}
Card Type: Legendary Creature - Ogre Shaman
Power/Toughness: 4/3

Card Text:
T: Heartless Hidetsugu deals damage to each player equal to half that player's life total, rounded down.

Flavour Text:
Hidetsugu held over a dozen oni in blood oath. At his touch, rocks scorched. At his word, cities burned.

Artist: Carl Critchlow

Heartless Hidetsugu is a high-risk, high-reward card that can dramatically alter the life totals of all players in the game. In formats like Commander, where players start at a higher life total, the effect can be even more pronounced. The ability to halve life totals with a single tap can be both a blessing and a curse, as it affects all players, including the one controlling Heartless Hidetsugu. Combining this card with effects that double damage or with ways to protect oneself from the damage can be especially lethal. The flavor of the card paints a vivid picture of a powerful and destructive shaman, which is well represented in both the mechanics and the artwork.