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Collective Defiance

{1}{R}{R}

Sorcery

OTPBreaking News#21rare
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Finishes
Nonfoil · Foil
Border
borderless
Security stamp
oval
Frame
2015
Pull rate
~1 in 37–324
Illustrator
William Tempest
Found in
Outlaws of Thunder Junction Collector Booster Pack · Outlaws of Thunder Junction Play Booster Pack · Outlaws of Thunder Junction Collector Booster Sample Pack
Printings5EDHREC rank#7,581
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
Future StandardNot legal
Escalate {1} (Pay this cost for each mode chosen beyond the first.) Choose one or more — • Target player discards all the cards in their hand, then draws that many cards. • Collective Defiance deals 4 damage to target creature. • Collective Defiance deals 3 damage to target opponent or planeswalker.
Escalate
Plays as:
Card DrawOpponent DiscardModal SpellBurn
Market · per finishspark updated 1h ago · prices as of 2026-08-30
Nonfoil-3.1%
$0.31
$0.10 low$0.07 gapTCGplayer
Foil+8.8%
$0.37
$0.18 low$0.10 gapTCGplayer
Cheapest playable copy$0.18· across 5 printings· view the cheapest printing ›

Rulings

7 · latest Jul 13, 2016
  • WotCJul 13, 2016

    Additional costs don’t affect a spell’s mana value.

  • WotCJul 13, 2016

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

  • WotCJul 13, 2016

    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.

  • WotCJul 13, 2016

    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.

  • WotCJul 13, 2016

    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).

  • WotCJul 13, 2016

    You can’t choose any one mode multiple times.

  • WotCJul 13, 2016

    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.