Epic Confrontation
Sorcery
Target creature you control gets +1/+2 until end of turn. It fights target creature you don't control. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Dragons of Tarkir
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #15391
Epic Confrontation trades one of your creatures into any blocker or threat for two mana, with a +1/+1 pump that regularly decides the math in your favor. It's a clean, efficient answer — not the most versatile removal in green's toolkit, but it costs almost nothing and resolves at instant speed when you need the body gone.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Neyith of the Dire Hunt
Neyith of the Dire Hunt triggers whenever a creature you control fights, drawing you a card — which means Epic Confrontation replaces itself every time, turning a two-mana removal spell into a two-mana removal spell plus a free card.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Epic Confrontation is fringe-playable: it handles a single threat cleanly, but most green decks prefer unconditional removal like Beast Within that doesn't require a creature on your side. Pauper is where it earns real consideration — the card pool is shallow enough that instant-speed fight at common with a pump rider is genuinely competitive. In Modern and Legacy, the bar is too high; green removal at that cost needs to hit anything, and conditional fight spells don't make the cut when Rabid Bite and Bite Down exist at the same price point or better. Pioneer sits in a similar spot: playable in a pinch, rarely optimal.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Epic Confrontation is deep bulk — pick it up for free out of a common box and don't think twice. Bulk commons don't appreciate, but this one doesn't need to; it's a zero-friction inclusion whenever the effect fits.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.