Bite Down — Turn Your Creature into a Removal Tool
Bite Down is a compact, efficient instant from Foundations Jumpstart that converts board presence into targeted removal. Cast for {1}{G}, it directs a creature you control to deal damage equal to its power to a target creature or planeswalker you do not control. Use a pumped attacker, a +1 counters engine, or a creature with a bonus from an aura to trade up and answer troublesome threats at instant speed.
The art shows a kavu delivering brutal precision, which matches the card's intent as a tactical trick rather than a tempo play. In practical play the card doubles as removal and reach for planeswalkers while fitting naturally into token strategies and decks that grow their creatures. Keep one in your sideboard when facing indestructible creatures or when you need an extra interaction that scales with your board state. Add a copy and test lines where your creature becomes both threat and answer; the flexibility improves matchups without costing you a heavy slot.
Card Details:
- Mana Cost – {1}{G}
- Card Type – Instant
- Subtypes –
- Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature or planeswalker you don’t control.
- Power / Toughness – N A