Ancient Animus
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SetDOM
Collector #154
Released2018-04-27
Raritycommon
ArtistTitus Lunter
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Ancient Animus

CommonColour IDMV 2
Instant
Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control if it's legendary. Then it fights target creature an opponent controls. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)
Keywords
Fight
Card capabilities
Instant
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
1 other English printingEarliest 2020-11-20Newest 2020-11-20Cheapest priced $0.28 in CMR
Rulings (4)
wotc10 Nov 2020
The creature you control doesn't have to be legendary. It simply won't receive a +1/+1 counter before it fights if it isn't legendary.
wotc10 Nov 2020
If either target is an illegal target as Ancient Animus tries to resolve, neither creature will deal or be dealt damage.
wotc10 Nov 2020
You can't cast Ancient Animus unless you choose both a creature you control and a creature you don't control as targets.
wotc10 Nov 2020
If the creature you control is an illegal target as Ancient Animus tries to resolve, you won't put a +1/+1 counter on it. If that creature is a legal target but the creature you don't control isn't, you'll still put the counter on the creature you control if it's legendary.