Contest of Claws (Extended Art) (Commander: The Lost Caverns of Ixalan) Near Mint Foil

Clawing for Value

Contest of Claws is a compact green sorcery that converts your creature power into targeted removal and potential card advantage. You pick a creature you control and have it deal damage equal to its power to another target creature. That makes it straightforward to turn a pumped attacker into a removal spell while keeping tempo intact. It reads cleanly and plays well in combat heavy shells and token strategies where you can reliably exceed lethal and push damage through tough blockers.

When excess damage happens you get discover X where X is that excess damage which lets you cash in overflow for card quality. That discover trigger rewards building around large power creatures and damage doublers. In decks that value incremental advantage this fills a niche between single shot removal and repeatable value engines while fitting the Ixalan theme of risky encounters and opportunistic gains.

Card Details:

• Mana Cost – {1}{G}
• Card Type – Sorcery
• Subtypes –
• Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to another target creature. If excess damage was dealt this way, discover X, where X is that excess damage.
• Power / Toughness –
• Loyalty –