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Bite Down
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Foundations JumpstartJ25 · #636
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.08 € · 0.25 $
- Mana value
- 2
- Colour
- Green
Card text
Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature or planeswalker you don't control.
Format legality
- AlchemyLegal
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- FutureLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PioneerLegal
- StandardLegal
- StandardbrawlLegal
- TimelessLegal
- 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
- Kitt Lapeña
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2024-11-15
Flavour text
"Yavimaya takes care of herself; the kavu are evidence of this. What does your Coalition offer that the forest cannot provide?" —Jenson Carthalion
Rulings
If either target is an illegal target as Bite Down tries to resolve, the creature you control won't deal damage.
