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Blessed Alliance

White

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Blessed Alliance, Eldritch Moon printing
Eldritch Moon EMN · No. 13 2016-07-22

Card text

{1}{W}
Instant
Escalate {2} (Pay this cost for each mode chosen beyond the first.) Choose one or more — • Target player gains 4 life. • Untap up to two target creatures. • Target opponent sacrifices an attacking creature of their choice.
Keywords: Escalate
EDHREC rank #17293 Uncommon Not on the Reserved List
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Standard ∅ Not legal
Pioneer ✓ Legal
Modern ✓ Legal
Legacy ✓ Legal
Vintage ✓ Legal
Pauper ∅ Not legal
Commander ✓ Legal
Oathbreaker ✓ Legal
Brawl ✓ Legal
Historic ✓ Legal
Timeless ✓ Legal
Alchemy ∅ Not legal
Explorer ∅ Not legal
Gladiator ✓ Legal
Penny ∅ Not legal
Duel ✓ Legal

Official rulings

9 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

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.

2016-07-13 · Wizards of the Coast

You can’t choose any one mode multiple times.

2016-07-13 · Wizards of the Coast

Additional costs don’t affect a spell’s mana value.

2016-07-13 · Wizards of the Coast

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.

2016-07-13 · Wizards of the Coast

Effects that reduce the cost of spells reduce the total cost, including any escalate costs added.

2016-07-13 · Wizards of the Coast

Untapping an attacking creature doesn’t cause it to be removed from combat.

2016-07-13 · Wizards of the Coast

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).

2016-07-13 · Wizards of the Coast

The targeted opponent chooses which of their attacking creatures to sacrifice, not you.

2016-07-13 · Wizards of the Coast

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.

2016-07-13 · Wizards of the Coast

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