Savage Alliance
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This printing
SetINR
Collector #169
Released2025-01-24
Rarityuncommon
ArtistJohann Bodin
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
AttributesReprint
ScryfallOpen ↗

Savage Alliance

UncommonColour IDMV 3
Instant
Escalate (Pay this cost for each mode chosen beyond the first.)
Choose one or more —
• Creatures target player controls gain trample until end of turn.
• Savage Alliance deals 2 damage to target creature.
• Savage Alliance deals 1 damage to each creature target opponent controls.
Keywords
Escalate
Card capabilities
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
1 other English printingEarliest 2016-07-22Newest 2016-07-22Cheapest priced $0.25 in EMN
Rulings (9)
wotc13 Jul 2016
If an effect allows you to cast a spell that has escalate without paying its mana cost, you pay escalate costs for that spell if you choose more than one mode.
wotc13 Jul 2016
You choose all of your modes at once. You can't wait to perform one mode's actions and then decide to choose more modes.
wotc13 Jul 2016
If two of the chosen modes of an escalate spell target a creature, you may choose the same creature for each mode's target, or choose different creatures. The same is true if the chosen modes target a player (or opponent).
wotc13 Jul 2016
Additional costs don't affect a spell's mana value.
wotc13 Jul 2016
If one target of an escalate spell becomes illegal, the other targets will still be affected. If all of the targets become illegal, the spell won't resolve.
wotc13 Jul 2016
If you choose the second and third modes, and the targeted creature is controlled by the targeted opponent, that creature will take 2 plus 1 damage for a total of 3 damage. An ability that triggers whenever that creature is dealt damage will trigger twice.