Close Encounter

Close Encounter1G
InstantEOE · U

As an additional cost to cast this spell, choose a creature you control or a warped creature card you own in exile.

Close Encounter deals damage equal to the power of the chosen creature or card to target creature.

Edge of Eternities · Uncommon
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Legality

9 formats
StandardLegal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
PremodernNot legal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
cEDHLegal

B/R history

Never banned or restricted in any format Moxou tracks.

Rulings

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  1. 2025-07-25

    If you chose a creature on the battlefield, use that creature’s power when Close Encounter resolves to determine how much damage is dealt. If that creature is no longer on the battlefield when Close Encounter resolves, use that creature’s power as it last existed on the battlefield to determine how much damage is dealt.

Versions

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SetNo.YearRarityArtist
EOEEdge of Eternities1762025UncommonInkognit

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