Borrowed Malevolence

Eldritch Moon (EMN) #82 · Common · Instant

Mana cost: {B}

Escalate {2} (Pay this cost for each mode chosen beyond the first.)
Choose one or both —
• Target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
• Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.

Illustrated by Volkan Baǵa · Released July 22, 2016

Prices

Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: down $0.01 USD (16.7%) to $0.05 USD; low $0.05 USD, high $0.06 USD.

Printings

  1. Shadows over Innistrad Remastered #100 (SIR) · Common · 2023
  2. Eldritch Moon #82 (this printing) · Common · 2016 · $0.05 USD

Legality

Rulings

  1. 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.
  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 — You can’t choose any one mode multiple times.
  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 — Additional costs don’t affect a spell’s mana value.
  6. 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).
  7. 2016-07-13 · wotc — Effects that reduce the cost of spells reduce the total cost, including any escalate costs added.

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