Mortal Combat
~$6.28 low · ~$36.88 high
Black. Enchantment
Tenth Edition #160 · Illustrated by Mike Ploog
Tenth Edition #160 · Illustrated by Mike PloogWhat is Mortal Combat worth?
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Oracle text
At the beginning of your upkeep, if twenty or more creature cards are in your graveyard, you win the game.
The crowd roared, the fighters bled, and the dead piled high in the pits. Only the Cabal could win.
Format legality
All 2 printings of Mortal Combat
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Tenth Edition 10e #160· 2007rare· Cardmarket €3.01 · €11.91 foil | rare | $6.28 | $17.55 | €3.01€11.91 foil | |
 Torment tor #71· 2002rare· Cardmarket €2.90 · €16.12 foil | rare | $6.85 | $36.88 | €2.90€16.12 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2002
- Printings
- 2
- Mana value
- 4
- EDHREC rank
- #12,740 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Artist
- Mike Ploog
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Tenth Edition card (#160).
160
- 160Collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
Cards from 1998 to mid-2014 print the collector number over the set's card count (like 90/383) next to the copyright line. They have no rarity letter, set code or language code: the set symbol and its colour show the set and rarity.
How to read a Magic card: every part and code, on real cards.
Card breakdown
The parts of Mortal Combat, read from the Tenth Edition printing. How to read any Magic card.
- Name
- Mortal Combat. Rules use the English name in every language.
- Mana cost
- Mana value 4: the total mana in the cost, colors ignored.
- Type line
- Enchantment is the card type.
- Text box
- What the card does.
- Flavor text
- Italic story text below the rules. It has no effect on the game, and it can differ between printings.
- Illustration
- By Mike Ploog. The art has no effect on the game.
- Set symbol
- Tenth Edition. Gold means rare.
- Collector number
- 160 = collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
- Artist
- Mike Ploog, after the paintbrush.
- Copyright
- Wizards of the Coast's copyright notice, with the year.
Rulings (2)
2007-07-15
If you don’t have twenty or more creature cards in your graveyard by the time your upkeep starts, the ability won’t trigger that turn.
2007-07-15
Mortal Combat’s ability has an “intervening ‘if’ clause,” so the condition is checked again when the triggered ability resolves. If you don’t still have twenty creature cards in your graveyard, the ability does nothing.
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