The Battlefield

Peer into the Abyss

$2.24

Razorkin Needlehead

$9.03

AI DraftFeb 26, 2026

Peer into the Abyss + Razorkin Needlehead

Overview

When Peer into the Abyss resolves targeting a player who is an opponent of the controller of Razorkin Needlehead, that player will draw the calculated number of cards one at a time (so Razorkin Needlehead’s “Whenever an opponent draws a card” ability triggers once for each card drawn) and lose half their life (rounded up) as part of the same spell resolution . State-based actions aren’t checked while the spell is resolving , and the draw-from-empty rule and life-loss loss conditions apply as usual .

Step 1

Peer into the Abyss resolves and calculates the number of cards to draw (half the number of cards in the target player’s library, rounded up) and the life to lose (half their life total, rounded up) [Ruling 2020-06-23].

Step 2

The spell performs its parts. Any parts that are not draws (if applicable) occur first, then the card draws occur one at a time; each individual draw is a separate draw event for replacement and triggered abilities .

Step 3

Each individual draw event causes Razorkin Needlehead’s triggered ability to trigger if the drawing player is an opponent of Needlehead’s controller. One trigger is created per card drawn .

Step 4

After Peer finishes resolving, the game finishes performing the spell’s effects and then state-based actions are checked; triggered abilities that occurred while the spell resolved are then put on the stack in the usual way .

Step 5

The Needlehead triggers go on the stack and, as they resolve one by one, each resolves to deal 1 damage to the drawing player (unless the damage is prevented or reduced to 0) .

Step 6

If the total life loss from Peer or the damage from Needlehead causes the player to have 0 or less life, that player loses the game when state-based actions are next checked .

Step 7

If any draw attempted to draw from an empty library, that attempt causes the player to lose the game the next time priority is received per the draw-from-empty rule .

Resolution

Each card drawn from Peer into the Abyss creates a separate draw event that triggers Razorkin Needlehead once per card drawn; those triggered abilities are created as the draws occur and will be put on the stack after Peer finishes resolving, so Razorkin Needlehead will deal 1 damage for each card drawn (assuming the drawing player is an opponent of Needlehead’s controller) . The target also loses half their life (rounded up) as Peer resolves [Ruling 2020-06-23]. If a draw attempts to draw from an empty library, the draw-from-empty rule applies and that player will lose the game the next time a player would receive priority .

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