Overwhelming Victory

RareColour IDMV 5

Instant — Lesson

Overwhelming Victory deals 5 damage to target creature. Each creature you control gains trample and gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the amount of excess damage dealt this way.

Card capabilities

Creature removalInstant

Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.

Format legality

Primary formats

StandardNot legal PioneerNot legal ModernNot legal

Eternal formats

LegacyLegal VintageLegal PauperNot legal

Casual formats

CommanderLegal OathbreakerLegal BrawlLegal Standard BrawlNot legal

Digital formats

HistoricLegal TimelessLegal AlchemyNot legal GladiatorLegal Penny DreadfulNot legal

Historical formats

PremodernNot legal Old SchoolNot legal PreDHNot legal Future StandardNot legal Duel CommanderLegal

Other printings

1 other English printingEarliest 2025-11-21Newest 2025-11-21Cheapest priced $0.43 in TLE

tle· #123

2025-11-21$0.43

Rulings (1)

wotc2 Oct 2025

Excess damage has been dealt to a creature if the damage dealt to it is greater than lethal damage. Usually, this means damage greater than its toughness, although damage already marked on the creature is taken into account.

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