Collective Brutality

Sorcery, 1B (2)

Escalate—Discard a card. (Pay this cost for each mode chosen beyond the first.)

Choose one or more —

• Target opponent reveals his or her 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.

Illus. Johann Bodin

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• 7/13/2016: 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.
• 7/13/2016: You can't choose any one mode multiple times.
• 7/13/2016: 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).
• 7/13/2016: 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 will be countered.
• 7/13/2016: Effects that reduce the cost of spells reduce the total cost, including any escalate costs added.
• 7/13/2016: 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.
• 7/13/2016: Additional costs don't affect a spell's converted mana cost.

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Commander
• Legal in Modern