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Price of Fame
Instant
uncommon
This spell costs less to cast if it targets a legendary creature. Destroy target creature. Surveil 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)
Semantic Tags
A permanent or effect that makes spells or abilities cheaper to cast or activate.
Specifically removes creatures — destroy, exile, damage, or -X/-X.
Cares about cards in the graveyard, puts cards into the graveyard, or benefits from things dying.
Answers an opponent's threat by destroying, exiling, bouncing, or otherwise removing a permanent or spell.
Cares about or manipulates the top card(s) of your library. Includes scry, surveil, and top-deck payoffs.
Cares about or manipulates the top of library — Sensei's Top, miracles, Future Sight.
Format Legality
Price history
Printings (4)
| Set | Rarity | TCGplayer | Card Kingdom | Cardmarket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The List#ZNC-52 | uncommon | · | · | · |
| Murders at Karlov Manor Commander#135 | uncommon | · | · | · |
| Zendikar Rising Commander#52 | uncommon | · | · | · |
| Guilds of Ravnica#83 | uncommon | · | · | · |
Related Concepts
Related Rules
Surveil
To “surveil N” means to look at the top N cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.
If an effect allows you to look at additional cards while you surveil, those cards are included among the cards you may put into your graveyard and on top of your library in any order.
If a player is instructed to surveil 0, no surveil event occurs. Abilities that trigger whenever a player surveils won’t trigger.
Rulings
Price of Fame can target a creature that's indestructible. It won't be destroyed, but you'll surveil.
You'll surveil before resolving any abilities that trigger on the target creature dying.
Price of Fame's mana value is 4, even if it costs {2} less to cast.
You perform the actions stated on a card in sequence. For some spells and abilities, you'll surveil last. For others, you'll surveil and then perform other actions.
When you surveil, you may put all the cards you look at back on top of your library, you may put all of those cards into your graveyard, or you may put some of those cards on top and the rest of them into your graveyard.
Some spells that instruct you to surveil require targets. You can't cast a spell without choosing legal targets. If all of those targets become illegal, the spell doesn't resolve and you won't surveil.