Castigate

Sorcery

Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it and exile that card.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pauper	Legal
Pauper Duel Commander	Legal
Pauper EDH	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (48)

DemonDragonJ on Mind Over Matter

9 months ago

I have replaced Castigate with Soul Search, since the newer card is strictly better than was the old card.

DemonDragonJ on Fires of Purgatory

9 months ago

I have replaced Castigate with Soul Search, since the newer card is strictly better than was the old card.

DemonDragonJ on Reap what is Sown

9 months ago

I have replaced Castigate with Soul Search, since the newer card is strictly better than was the old card.

DemonDragonJ on Light and Shadow

9 months ago

I have replaced Castigate with Soul Search, since the newer card is strictly better than was the old card.

JacobAGrossman on Glittering Company

2 years ago

It's funny you mention that. That's been my thought, all these years. I had it in the side forever ago, and took it out for that very reason. However, I've come to realize how good it actually is, and where it's place is in the main strategy. It's really good for an opening hand with Glittering Wish, or when I draw one on the second turn, with not much other direction to go. A lot of the time, my turn 2 is Wish, and turn 3 is Castigate and a fetch land. Its actually really helpful to get information right off the bat, so I can know what to do for game 1. It's not always the case, but it actually ends up being really strong, a lot stronger than I thought it would have been

nbarry223 on Glittering Company

2 years ago

To me, spending 4 mana to remove a card in hand seems a little much, so I'd be replacing Castigate if anything, as Quillspike allows you to go infinite in some cases, making it a 'win on the spot' target in some cases. If you had something like Unmoored Ego that let you completely remove a threat from a combo deck, it'd make sense, but I just don't see Castigate as paying off as a wish target as much.

It does give you information, and it does exile the card, so there's no graveyard mechanics etc to worry about, but I don't see that as being worth in most cases.

Se7enfoot on Kaya's Exile Ale

3 years ago

im working on a similar build, similar reason also. im on the fence, but Castigate has a place in these builds +1

TheVectornaut on Black and White - please help!

3 years ago

To stay more in black, I would consider some sort of vampire sacrifice, counters, and/or lifedrain strategy. Your black cards that could work well in such a deck would be Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim , Embodiment of Agonies , Kambal, Consul of Allocation , Knight of the Ebon Legion , Mortician Beetle , Souls of the Faultless , Castigate , Disentomb , Gerrard's Verdict , Revival / Revenge , Despark , and Grim Return . Most of the other black cards are at least playable as well. The only two I'd cut in most circumstances are Underworld Dreams and In Garruk's Wake . The former needs more build-around while the latter just costs too much to be a consistent boardwipe.

Cards I'd look at adding for such a build might be Gatekeeper of Malakir , Anowon, the Ruin Sage , Sangromancer , Dictate of Erebos , Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet , Victim of Night , Indulgent Aristocrat , Pawn of Ulamog , Grim Haruspex , Silversmote Ghoul , Yahenni, Undying Partisan , Vampire Nighthawk , Vampire of the Dire Moon , Malakir Cullblade , Blood Artist , Urge to Feed , Feast of Blood , Heliod, Sun-Crowned , Archangel of Thune , Cruel Celebrant , Drana's Emissary , Indulging Patrician , Malakir Bloodwitch , Marauding Blight-Priest , Sanctum Seeker , Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose , and Pious Evangel  ^Flip.

As a side note, to go infinite with Sanguine Bond , Vizkopa Guildmage , or Vito, the card you need is actually Exquisite Blood which is unfortunately quite expensive.