Escalate—Discard a card. (Pay this cost for each mode chosen beyond the first.) Choose one or more — • Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose an instant or sorcery card from it. That player discards that card. • Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn. • Target opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 7

2016-07-13wotc

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.

2016-07-13wotc

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.

2016-07-13wotc

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

2016-07-13

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