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Fateful Showdown

Fateful Showdown Price

3 printings · 3 sets · first printed 2016

Cheapest $0.33
Median $1.32
Highest $2.32
EDHREC Rank #8,823

Fateful Showdown has been printed 3 times across 3 sets, first in 2016 and most recently in 2020. Right now the cheapest printing is Kaladesh #114 at $0.33, while the most expensive is Kaladesh Promos #114s at $2.32 — about 7× more. The median across 2 priced printings is $1.32. Reprint risk: ELEVATED — Reprinted 3x total; appeared once in a dedicated reprint set (Kaladesh Remastered).

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Every Fateful Showdown Printing, Compared

Cheapest first · unpriced last
Printing Year Price Dealer Buys
Kaladesh #114 (R) Cheapest 2016 $0.33 $0.03
Kaladesh Promos #114s (R) Foil 2016 $2.32 $1.05 foil
Kaladesh Remastered #123 (R) 2020 — —

Prices are the latest nightly market price; a printing with no tracked price shows a dash. Dealer buylist is Card Kingdom's current offer via MTGJSON, shown where one exists.

Oracle Text
Instant
Fateful Showdown deals damage to any target equal to the number of cards in your hand. Discard all the cards in your hand, then draw that many cards.
Legal In
Pioneer Modern Legacy Vintage Commander Brawl Penny Dreadful

Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 3 versions.

Official Judge Precedents

3 Precedents

If Fateful Showdown's target becomes an illegal target, you won't discard your hand or draw any cards.

The number of cards in your hand is counted only as Fateful Showdown resolves. Fateful Showdown is on the stack at this time, so it's not counted.

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