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Setessan Tactics

Journey into Nyx #140 rare
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Setessan Tactics

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Live Value $0.57
Foil Multiplier: 3.47x
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Rarity
rare
Set Origin
Daily Shift
+1.79%
EDHREC Rank
#11,589
Mana Cost
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Oracle Data

Card Type Instant
Color Identity Green
🖋️ Curator's Notes
Strive — This spell costs G more to cast for each target beyond the first.

Until end of turn, any number of target creatures each get +1/+1 and gain "T: This creature fights another target creature."
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Official Judge Precedents

6 Precedents

Each of the two creatures that fight deals damage equal to its power to the other. If either one of the creatures isn't on the battlefield when the ability that instructs them to fight resolves, no damage is dealt.

The mana cost and mana value of strive spells don't change no matter how many targets they have. Strive abilities affect only what you pay.

If a spell or ability allows you to cast a strive spell without paying its mana cost, you must pay the additional costs for any targets beyond the first.

You choose how many targets each spell with a strive ability has and what those targets are as you cast it. It's legal to cast such a spell with no targets, although this is rarely a good idea. You can't choose the same target more than once for a single strive spell.

If such a spell is copied, and the effect that copies the spell allows a player to choose new targets for the copy, the number of targets can't be changed. The player may change any number of the targets, including all of them or none of them. If, for one of the targets, the player can't choose a new legal target, then it remains unchanged (even if the current target is illegal).

If all of the spell's targets are illegal when the spell tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. If one or more of its targets are legal when it tries to resolve, the spell will resolve and affect only those legal targets. It will have no effect on any illegal targets.

📜 Technical Attributes
Release Date: 2014-05-02
Artist Reference: Mark Winters
Border Profile: black
✨ Variants & Finishes
Available Finishes Standard • Traditional Foil
Promo Status NO
Edition Status Original Printing

Sanctioned Formats

standard not_legal
modern legal
legacy legal
commander legal
pioneer legal
pauper not_legal
vintage legal
brawl not_legal
explorer not_legal
penny legal
predh not_legal
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