Seize the Initiative
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SOMScars of Mirrodin#20common
The time between spotting a leonin shikari and feeling its claws is just time enough to draw your last breath.
- Finishes
- Nonfoil · Foil
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 2003
- Pull rate
- about 2 per booster–1 in 896
- Illustrator
- Steve Argyle
- Found in
- Scars of Mirrodin Intro Pack Myr of Mirrodin · Scars of Mirrodin MTGO Redemption Foil · 3 more
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
Constructed
StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperLegal
Commander
CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
Arena
AlchemyNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
BrawlNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
Other
PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
Future StandardNot legal
Target creature gets +1/+1 and gains first strike until end of turn.
Plays as:
Combat Trick
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Rulings
1 · latest Jan 1, 2011
- WotCJan 1, 2011
A creature that gains first strike after other creatures with first strike or double strike deal combat damage in the first combat damage step will still deal damage in the second combat damage step.