Defiant Strike
Instant
STAStrixhaven Mystical Archive#3uncommon
BorderlessShowcase
"For twelve days and twelve nights, Somat assailed the monster's shell. On the thirteenth morning, it cracked with the dawn." —*Heroics: A Book of Fables*
- Finishes
- Nonfoil · Foil · Etched
- Border
- borderless
- Frame
- 2015
- Pull rate
- ~1 in 18–1176
- Illustrator
- Dominik Mayer
- Found in
- Strixhaven School of Mages Collector Booster Pack · Strixhaven School of Mages Set Booster Pack · Strixhaven School of Mages Draft Booster Pack
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
Constructed
StandardNot legal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperLegal
Commander
CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
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
Target creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
Draw a card.
Plays as:
Combat Trick
Market · per finishspark updated 17m ago · prices as of 2026-08-30
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Low
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Buy / Sell Gap
Buy
Nonfoil
$0.28
+33.3%
Since Feb 2024:H $0.33L $0.05$0.02
$0.10
-$0.08-400% · buylist > ask
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Foil
$0.31
-13.9%
Since Feb 2024:H $0.39L $0.15$0.16
$0.08
$0.08+50% · normal spread
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Etched
$0.43
-4.4%
Since Feb 2024:H $0.49L $0.23—
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Rulings
1 · latest Jun 23, 2020
- WotCJun 23, 2020
If the target creature is an illegal target by the time Defiant Strike tries to resolve, the spell won't resolve. You won't draw a card.