Can it? I sure hope not. It sounds bad. I'm looking for smoother wording.
Despotic Tutor (Rare) 2BR
Sorcery
Search target player’s library for a card, reveal it, and put it into its owner’s hand. ~ deals damage equal to the card’s converted mana cost to him or her. Then he or she shuffles his or her library.
You probably want to deal damage last so it looks cleaner, it should look more like this, I think.
"Search target player’s library for a card, reveal that card, and put it into its owner's hand. That player shuffles his or her library. ~ deals damage equal to the revealed card's converted mana cost to that player."
It should use "that player" rather than "owner" similar to Head Games.
Search target player’s library for a card and reveal it. That player puts that card into his or her hand and shuffles his or her library. ~ deals damage to that player equal to that card's converted mana cost.
Despotic Tutor (Rare)
2BR
Sorcery
Search target player’s library for a card, reveal it, and put it into its owner’s hand. ~ deals damage equal to the card’s converted mana cost to him or her. Then he or she shuffles his or her library.
"Search target player’s library for a card, reveal that card, and put it into its owner's hand. That player shuffles his or her library. ~ deals damage equal to the revealed card's converted mana cost to that player."
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Search target player’s library for a card and reveal it. That player puts that card into his or her hand and shuffles his or her library. ~ deals damage to that player equal to that card's converted mana cost.