Borrowed Hostility

Eldritch Moon (EMN) #121 · Common · Instant

Mana cost: {R}

Escalate {3} (Pay this cost for each mode chosen beyond the first.)
Choose one or both —
• Target creature gets +3/+0 until end of turn.
• Target creature gains first strike until end of turn.

Illustrated by Volkan Baǵa · Released July 22, 2016

Prices

Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: up $0.07 USD (50.0%) to $0.21 USD; low $0.14 USD, high $0.21 USD.

Printings

  1. Innistrad Remastered #146 (INR) · Common · 2025 · $0.28 USD
  2. Innistrad Remastered #396 (INR) · Common · 2025 · $0.30 USD
  3. Shadows over Innistrad Remastered #146 (SIR) · Common · 2023
  4. The List #EMN-121 (PLST) · Common · 2019 · $0.16 USD
  5. Eldritch Moon #121 (this printing) · Common · 2016 · $0.21 USD

Legality

Rulings

  1. 2016-07-13 · wotc — If two of the chosen modes of an escalate spell target a creature, you may choose the same creature for each mode’s target, or choose different creatures. The same is true if the chosen modes target a player (or opponent).
  2. 2016-07-13 · wotc — If one target of an escalate spell becomes illegal, the other targets will still be affected. If all of the targets become illegal, the spell won’t resolve.
  3. 2016-07-13 · wotc — Additional costs don’t affect a spell’s mana value.
  4. 2016-07-13 · wotc — You choose all of your modes at once. You can’t wait to perform one mode’s actions and then decide to choose more modes.
  5. 2016-07-13 · wotc — You can’t choose any one mode multiple times.
  6. 2016-07-13 · wotc — Effects that reduce the cost of spells reduce the total cost, including any escalate costs added.
  7. 2016-07-13 · wotc — If an effect allows you to cast a spell that has escalate without paying its mana cost, you pay escalate costs for that spell if you choose more than one mode.

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