Card text
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — Exile the top four cards of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play those cards.
II, III — Whenever you cast a spell this turn, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.
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Mana cost
{2}{R}{W}
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Card text
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — Exile the top four cards of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play those cards.
II, III — Whenever you cast a spell this turn, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.
Format legality
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- AlchemyNot legal
About Showdown of the Skalds
This page covers the prerelease printing of Showdown of the Skalds (229s), an White and Red Enchantment — Saga from Prerelease Cards (PRE). It is printed at Rare rarity. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy and Vintage and 5 more formats.
We track no other printing of 229s in this set, so there is no base card here to compare its price with.
Prerelease Cards is a promo release. Showdown of the Skalds has 3 other cards in the database, listed further down the page.
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I — Exile the top four cards of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play those cards. II, III — Whenever you cast a spell this turn, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.
Card details
- Card number
- 229s
- Set
- Prerelease Cards (PRE)
- Set type
- Promos
- Released
- —
- Rarity
- Rare (R)
- Printing
- Prerelease
- Type line
- Enchantment — Saga
- Colour
- White / Red
- Colour identity
- White / Red
- Mana cost
- {2}{R}{W}
- Finish
- Foil
TCGplayer listing: Showdown of the Skalds
Showdown of the Skalds in other sets
Every other printing with this name, one per set.
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