Mage Duel
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SetSTX
Collector #137
Released2021-04-23
Raritycommon
ArtistRandy Vargas
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Mage Duel

CommonColour IDMV 3
Sorcery
This spell costs less to cast if you've cast another instant or sorcery spell this turn.
Target creature you control gets +1/+2 until end of turn. Then it fights target creature you don't control. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)
Keywords
Fight
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 (3)
wotc16 Apr 2021
You can’t cast Mage Duel unless you choose both a creature you control and a creature you don’t control as targets.
wotc16 Apr 2021
To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you’re paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions (such as that of Mage Duel). Mage Duel’s mana value is always 3, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.
wotc16 Apr 2021
If the creature you control is an illegal target as Mage Duel tries to resolve, that creature won’t get +1/+2. If that creature is a legal target, but the one you don’t control isn’t, your creature will still get +1/+2. In both cases, no fight will happen and no creature will deal or be dealt damage.