Savage Alliance

Eldritch Moon (EMN) #140 · Uncommon · Instant

Mana cost: {2}{R}

Escalate {1} (Pay this cost for each mode chosen beyond the first.)
Choose one or more —
• Creatures target player controls gain trample until end of turn.
• Savage Alliance deals 2 damage to target creature.
• Savage Alliance deals 1 damage to each creature target opponent controls.

Illustrated by Johann Bodin · Released July 22, 2016

Prices

Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: down $0.06 USD (23.1%) to $0.20 USD; low $0.20 USD, high $0.27 USD.

Printings

  1. Innistrad Remastered #169 (INR) · Uncommon · 2025 · $0.17 USD
  2. Eldritch Moon #140 (this printing) · Uncommon · 2016 · $0.20 USD

Legality

Rulings

  1. 2016-07-13 · wotc — You can't choose any one mode multiple times.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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).
  5. 2016-07-13 · wotc — When determining how much damage a creature with trample may assign to the player or planeswalker it's attacking, take into account damage that has already been dealt to the blocking creatures. For example, a 4/4 creature with trample blocked by a 4/4 creature with 2 damage marked on it may assign 2 damage to that creature and 2 damage to the defending player.
  6. 2016-07-13 · wotc — If you choose the second and third modes, and the targeted creature is controlled by the targeted opponent, that creature will take 2 plus 1 damage for a total of 3 damage. An ability that triggers whenever that creature is dealt damage will trigger twice.
  7. 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.
  8. 2016-07-13 · wotc — Effects that reduce the cost of spells reduce the total cost, including any escalate costs added.
  9. 2016-07-13 · wotc — Additional costs don't affect a spell's mana value.

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