Name
Rivals' Duel
Mana Cost
Type
Sorcery
Set
Planechase 2012
Rarity
Uncommon
Text
Choose two target creatures that share no creature types. Those creatures fight each other. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)
Flavor Text
They could agree on one thing only: one of them must die.
Number
#51
Other Prints
Morningtide
Planechase Anthology
The List
Legal Formats
Commander | Duel | Legacy | Modern | Oathbreaker | Penny | Vintage
Availability
Magic Online | Paper
Rulings
(01/04/2008)
If, by the time Rivals’ Duel resolves, an effect has caused the two target creatures to share a creature type, Rivals’ Duel doesn’t resolve for having no legal targets.
(01/04/2008)
The two creatures may be controlled by the same player.
(01/04/2008)
If either one of the creatures leaves the battlefield before Rivals’ Duel resolves, no damage is dealt to or by the remaining creature. If both creatures leave the battlefield before Rivals’ Duel resolves, the spell doesn’t resolve for having no legal targets.
Artist
Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai
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