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Alpha Brawl
Sorcery
rare
Target creature an opponent controls deals damage equal to its power to each other creature that player controls, then each of those creatures deals damage equal to its power to that creature.
Semantic Tags
A spell that deals direct damage to creatures or players.
Benefits all players or gives opponents choices/resources. Political strategy.
A keyword ability that allows a spell to affect either a single target or many objects. See rule 702.96, “Overload.”
Cares about power of creatures — Fling effects, power-based draw, Xenagos strategies.
Cares about power of creatures — Fling effects, power-based draw, Xenagos strategies.
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Printings (1)
| Set | Rarity | TCGplayer | Card Kingdom | Cardmarket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dark Ascension#82 | rare | · | · | · |
Related Rules
Overload
Overload is a keyword that represents two static abilities that function while the spell with overload is on the stack. Overload [cost] means “You may choose to pay [cost] rather than pay this spell’s mana cost” and “If you chose to pay this spell’s overload cost, change its text by replacing all instances of the word ‘target’ with the word ‘each.’” Casting a spell using its overload ability follows the rules for paying alternative costs in rules 601.2b and 601.2f–h.
If a player chooses to pay the overload cost of a spell, that spell won’t require any targets. It may affect objects that couldn’t be chosen as legal targets if the spell were cast without its overload cost being paid.
Overload’s second ability creates a text-changing effect. See rule 612, “Text-Changing Effects.”
Rulings
The damage dealt by the targeted creature is not divided in any way. For example, if a 3/3 creature is targeted, it will deal 3 damage to each other creature controlled by its controller.
None of the damage dealt due to Alpha Brawl is combat damage.
Abilities like lifelink and deathtouch that care about any kind of damage are taken into account.
If the targeted creature has infect or wither, the damage it deals will result in -1/-1 counters being put on each creature it deals damage to. The power of those creatures will be reduced when they deal damage back to the targeted creature.
The two parts of Alpha Brawl’s effect happen sequentially: first the targeted creature deals damage, then the other creatures deal damage. State-based actions aren’t checked in the middle, so creatures that are dealt lethal damage by the targeted creature will still deal damage.
Combat abilities like first strike, double strike, and trample don’t apply and will have no impact on Alpha Brawl’s effect.