Appeal // Authority
~$0.30 low · ~$0.34 high
Multicolor. Sorcery // Sorcery
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Hour of Devastation #152 · Illustrated by Jason Rainville
Hour of Devastation #152 · Illustrated by Jason RainvilleWhat is Appeal // Authority worth?
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Oracle text
Appeal
Sorcery
Until end of turn, target creature gains trample and gets +X/+X, where X is the number of creatures you control.
Authority
Sorcery
Aftermath (Cast this spell only from your graveyard. Then exile it.)
Tap up to two target creatures your opponents control. Creatures you control gain vigilance until end of turn.
Format legality
The only printing of Appeal // Authority
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Hour of Devastation hou #152· 2017uncommon· Cardmarket €0.06 · €0.48 foil | uncommon | $0.30 | $0.34 | €0.06€0.48 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2017
- Printings
- 1
- Mana value
- 3
- EDHREC rank
- #22,818 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Keywords
- Aftermath
- Artist
- Jason Rainville
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Hour of Devastation card (#152).
152 · HOU · U · EN
- 152Collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
- HOUSet code for Hour of Devastation
- UUncommon
- ENPrinted in English
How to read a Magic card: every part and code, on real cards.
Card breakdown
The parts of Appeal // Authority (2 faces), read from the Hour of Devastation printing. How to read any Magic card.
Appeal
- Mana cost
- What you pay to cast this face.
- Type line
- Sorcery is the card type.
- Text box
- What the card does.
Authority
- Mana cost
- What you pay to cast this face.
- Type line
- Sorcery is the card type.
- Text box
- What the card does. Italic text in brackets is reminder text: it explains a rule and has no effect on the game.
This printing
- Illustration
- By Jason Rainville. The art has no effect on the game.
- Set symbol
- Hour of Devastation. Silver means uncommon.
- Collector number
- 152 = collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
- Rarity letter
- U = uncommon
- Set code
- HOU = set code for Hour of Devastation
- Language
- EN = printed in English
- Artist
- Jason Rainville, after the paintbrush.
- Copyright
- Wizards of the Coast's copyright notice, with the year.
Keywords
- AftermathCR 702.127
- Defined in the Comprehensive Rules at the rule above.
Rule numbers from the Magic Comprehensive Rules, version of September 25, 2026.
Rulings (12)
2017-04-18
If another effect allows you to cast a split card with aftermath from any zone other than a graveyard, you can’t cast the half with aftermath.
2017-04-18
Split cards with aftermath have a new frame treatment—the half you can cast from your hand is oriented the same as other cards you’d cast from your hand, while the half you can cast from your graveyard is a traditional split card half. This frame treatment is for your convenience and has no rules significance.
2017-04-18
All split cards have two card faces on a single card, and you put a split card onto the stack with only the half you’re casting. The characteristics of the half of the card you didn’t cast are ignored while the spell is on the stack. For example, if an effect prevents you from casting green spells, you can cast Destined of Destined // Lead, but not Lead.
2017-04-18
Each split card has two names. If an effect instructs you to choose a card name, you may choose one, but not both.
2017-04-18
If you cast the first half of a split card with aftermath during your turn, you’ll have priority immediately after it resolves. You can cast the half with aftermath from your graveyard before any player can take any other action if it’s legal for you to do so.
2017-04-18
While not on the stack, the characteristics of a split card are the combination of its two halves. For example, Destined // Lead is a green and black card, it is both an instant card and a sorcery card, and its mana value is 6. This means that if an effect allows you to cast a card with mana value 2 from your hand, you can’t cast Destined. This is a change from the previous rules for split cards.
2017-04-18
A spell with aftermath cast from a graveyard will always be exiled afterward, whether it resolves, it’s countered, or it leaves the stack in some other way.
2017-04-18
Each split card is a single card. For example, if you discard one, you’ve discarded one card, not two. If an effect counts the number of instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard, Destined // Lead counts once, not twice.
2017-04-18
If another effect allows you to cast a split card with aftermath from a graveyard, you may cast either half. If you cast the half that has aftermath, you’ll exile the card if it would leave the stack.
2017-07-14
The value of X is determined only as Appeal begins to resolve. It won’t change later in the turn if the number of creatures you control changes.
2017-07-14
You may cast Authority without choosing any target creatures. Creatures you control will still gain vigilance until end of turn. However, if you choose any targets and each of those targets become illegal before Authority resolves, the spell won’t resolve and your creatures won’t gain vigilance.
2017-07-14
Once you’ve started to cast a spell with aftermath from your graveyard, the card is immediately moved to the stack. Opponents can’t try to stop the ability by exiling the card with an effect such as that of Crook of Condemnation.
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