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Seize the Initiative
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Scars of MirrodinSOM · #20
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.12 € · ★ 0.19 € · 0.09 $ · ★ 0.40 $
- Mana value
- 1
- Colour
- White
Card text
Target creature gets +1/+1 and gains first strike until end of turn.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PennyLegal
- PredhLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Steve Argyle
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2010-10-01
Flavour text
The time between spotting a leonin shikari and feeling its claws is just time enough to draw your last breath.
Rulings
A creature that gains first strike after other creatures with first strike or double strike deal combat damage in the first combat damage step will still deal damage in the second combat damage step.