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Contest of Claws

~$5.36 low · ~$7.49 high

Green. Sorcery

one generic manaone green mana

Contest of Claws

The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander #12 · Illustrated by Cristi Balanescu

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Foil · The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander #12

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~$7.49

Extended Art foil · The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander #24

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Oracle text

Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to another target creature. If excess damage was dealt this way, discover X, where X is that excess damage. (Exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card with that mana value or less. Cast it without paying its mana cost or put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)

All 2 printings of Contest of Claws

PrintingRarityNon-foilFoilCardmarket (EUR)My collection
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander #24
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander
lcc #24· 2023Extended Artrare· Cardmarket €3.08 · €3.24 foil
rare$6.80$7.49€3.08€3.24 foil

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Card details

First printed
2023
Printings
2
Mana value
2
EDHREC rank
#4,995 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
Keywords
Discover
Artist
Cristi Balanescu

Rulings (10)

  1. 2023-11-10

    Some spells and abilities that cause you to discover may require targets. If each target chosen is an illegal target as that spell or ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve and you won't discover.

  2. 2023-11-10

    When you discover, you must exile cards. The only optional part of the ability is whether you cast the exiled card or put it into your hand.

  3. 2023-11-10

    If you discover an adventurer card, split card, or modal double-faced card, you might be able to cast that card with either set of characteristics depending on the effect's discover value. For example, if you discover 4 and reveal Galvanic Giant (an adventurer card from Wilds of Eldraine with a mana value of 4), you could cast Galvanic Giant, but not Storm Reading (its Adventure, which has a mana value of 7). If you discover 7 and reveal Galvanic Giant, you could cast either Galvanic Giant or Storm Reading.

  4. 2023-11-10

    Excess damage has been dealt to a creature if the damage dealt to it is greater than lethal damage. Usually, this means damage greater than its toughness, although damage already marked on the creature is taken into account.

  5. 2023-11-10

    A spell's mana value is determined only by its mana cost. Ignore any alternative costs, additional costs, cost increases, or cost reductions.

  6. 2023-11-10

    If you can't cast the discovered card (perhaps because there are no legal targets for the spell), you'll put it into your hand.

  7. 2023-11-10

    The mana value of a split card is determined by the combined mana cost of its two halves. If discover allows you to cast a split card, you may cast either half (as long as its mana value is less than or equal to the effect's discover value) but not both halves.

  8. 2023-11-10

    You exile the cards face up. All players will be able to see them.

  9. 2023-11-10

    If you cast a spell "without paying its mana cost", you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs. If the spell has any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those to cast it.

  10. 2023-11-10

    If the discovered card has X generic mana in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.

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