Close Encounter
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This printing
SetEOE
Collector #176
Released2025-08-01
Rarityuncommon
ArtistInkognit
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Close Encounter

UncommonColour IDMV 2
Instant
As an additional cost to cast this spell, choose a creature you control or a warped creature card you own in exile.
Close Encounter deals damage equal to the power of the chosen creature or card to target creature.
Card capabilities
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
This is the only English printing.
Rulings (1)
wotc25 Jul 2025
If you chose a creature on the battlefield, use that creature’s power when Close Encounter resolves to determine how much damage is dealt. If that creature is no longer on the battlefield when Close Encounter resolves, use that creature’s power as it last existed on the battlefield to determine how much damage is dealt.