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Close Encounter

Magic: The GatheringEdge of Eternities#176

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Magic: The Gathering

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Edge of EternitiesEOE · #176

Card type: Instant
Rarity: Uncommon
Indicative price: 0.13 € · ★ 0.12 € · 0.09 $ · ★ 0.22 $
Mana value: 2
Colour: Green

Card text

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.

Format legality

AlchemyLegal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
DuelLegal
FutureLegal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PioneerLegal
StandardLegal
StandardbrawlLegal
TimelessLegal
VintageLegal

Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).

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Printing information

Illustrator: Inkognit
Card language: English
Release date: 2025-08-01

Flavour text

Many mistake terrasymbiotic philosophy as pacifism. They are rarely wrong twice.

Rulings

2025-07-25

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.