Savage Swipe
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Modern HorizonsMH1 · #178
- Card type
- Sorcery
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.18 € · ★ 0.61 € · 0.15 $ · ★ 0.19 $
- Mana value
- 1
- Colour
- Green
Card text
Target creature you control gets +2/+2 until end of turn if its power is 2. Then it fights target creature you don't control. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- 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
- David Gaillet
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2019-06-14
Flavour text
Nine generations of metalworking skill are no match for nine hundred pounds of rage.
Rulings
If either target is an illegal target as Savage Swipe tries to resolve, neither creature will deal or be dealt damage.
If the creature you control is an illegal target as Savage Swipe tries to resolve, no creature gets +2/+2. If that creature is a legal target but the creature you don’t control isn’t, it still gets +2/+2 until end of turn if its power is 2.
The target creature you control gets +2/+2 only if its power is exactly 2 as Savage Swipe resolves. It’ll still fight if it doesn’t get +2/+2.
You can’t cast Savage Swipe unless you choose both a creature you control and a creature you don’t control as targets.
