Berserk

Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive (SOA) #50 · Mythic · Instant

Mana cost: {G}

Cast this spell only before the combat damage step.
Target creature gains trample and gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is its power. At the beginning of the next end step, destroy that creature if it attacked this turn.

Illustrated by Paul Adam · Released April 24, 2026

Prices

Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: down $0.42 USD (5.4%) to $7.33 USD; low $6.95 USD, high $7.95 USD.

Printings

  1. Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive #50 (this printing) · Mythic · 2026 · $7.33 USD
  2. Secret Lair Drop #1738 (SLD) · Mythic · 2024 · $11.23 USD
  3. 30th Anniversary Edition #181 (30A) · Uncommon · 2022 · $17.78 USD
  4. 30th Anniversary Edition #478 (30A) · Uncommon · 2022
  5. Secret Lair Drop #1003 (SLD) · Mythic · 2022 · $14.22 USD
  6. Conspiracy: Take the Crown #175 (CN2) · Mythic · 2016 · $13.55 USD
  7. Vintage Masters #197 (VMA) · Rare · 2014
  8. From the Vault: Exiled #2 (V09) · Mythic · 2009 · $18.34 USD foil
  9. Masters Edition #114 (ME1) · Rare · 2007
  10. Collectors' Edition #186 (CED) · Uncommon · 1993 · $80.42 USD
  11. Intl. Collectors' Edition #186 (CEI) · Uncommon · 1993 · $89.99 USD
  12. Unlimited Edition #186 (2ED) · Uncommon · 1993 · $149.99 USD
  13. Limited Edition Beta #186 (LEB) · Uncommon · 1993 · $268.75 USD
  14. Limited Edition Alpha #185 (LEA) · Uncommon · 1993 · $550.00 USD

Legality

Rulings

  1. 2026-03-20 · wotc — If the target permanent stops being a creature before the next end step, it is still destroyed when the delayed trigger resolves.

Played in these commander decks

  1. Sergeant John Benton · in 28% of 50 decks
  2. Yargle and Multani · in 19% of 47 decks
  3. Thrun, Breaker of Silence · in 18% of 50 decks
  4. Atogatog · in 6% of 50 decks

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