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Fateful Showdown
Instant
rare
Fateful Showdown deals damage to any target equal to the number of cards in your hand. Discard all the cards in your hand, then draw that many cards.
Semantic Tags
Puts additional cards into your hand. Includes direct draw, 'look/reveal and put into hand' effects, and conditional draw triggers.
Benefits from discarding cards — madness, Waste Not effects, Oskar strategies.
Cards that directly win the game or threaten to end it quickly. Includes 'you win the game' effects and massive threats.
Forces opponents to discard cards from their hand. Targeted discard, mass discard, and discard-or-pay effects.
Draw-then-discard or discard-then-draw effects that improve hand quality without net card advantage.
Draw-then-discard or discard-then-draw effects that improve hand quality without net card advantage.
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Printings (3)
| Set | Rarity | TCGplayer | Card Kingdom | Cardmarket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaladesh Remastered#123 | rare | · | · | · |
| Kaladesh Promos#114s | rare | · | · | · |
| Kaladesh#114 | rare | · | · | · |
Rulings
If Fateful Showdown's target becomes an illegal target, you won't discard your hand or draw any cards.
The number of cards in your hand is counted only as Fateful Showdown resolves. Fateful Showdown is on the stack at this time, so it's not counted.
There are many important moments in the story, but the most crucial—called “story spotlights”—are shown on cards. These cards have the Planeswalker symbol in their text box; this symbol has no effect on gameplay. You can read more about these events in the official Magic fiction at http://www.mtgstory.com.