Contest of Claws

Sorcery

Illustrated by Cristi Balanescu

F

EDHREC Rank #4,993

Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to another target creature. If excess damage was dealt this way, discover X, where X is that excess damage. (Exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card with that mana value or less. Cast it without paying its mana cost or put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)

Rulings (10)

If the discovered card has X generic mana in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.

Nov 10, 2023

If you cast a spell "without paying its mana cost", you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs. If the spell has any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those to cast it.

Nov 10, 2023

You exile the cards face up. All players will be able to see them.

Nov 10, 2023