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Collective Brutality (103)

SIR · Shadows over Innistrad Remastered · rare

Mana cost
Mana value	2.0
Type	Sorcery
Rarity	rare
Colors	B
EDHREC rank	11924

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.

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Eldritch Moon $0.35 Eldritch Moon Promos — Secret Lair Drop $5.44 The List $0.37 Shadows over Innistrad Remastered — Innistrad Remastered $0.39 Innistrad Remastered $0.44 Innistrad Remastered $0.39

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Legality

Rulings

• 2016-07-13: 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: 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: Effects that reduce the cost of spells reduce the total cost, including any escalate costs added.
• 2016-07-13: Additional costs don’t affect a spell’s mana value.
• 2016-07-13: 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: You can’t choose any one mode multiple times.
• 2016-07-13: 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).