Feral Contest
Sorcery
Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. Another target creature blocks it this turn if able.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Worldwake
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #28955
Feral Contest puts a +1/+1 counter on one of your creatures and gives it trample until end of turn — all for the cost of fighting an opponent's creature, netting a kill if your creature wins. Five mana is steep for a fight spell, but the stat boost and trample mean you're rarely trading into a stalemate.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Feral Contest occupies the budget slot for green removal — it's slow at five mana, but doubling as a pump spell makes it more palatable than a vanilla fight card in creature-heavy pods. In Pauper, where green fight effects are a staple removal plan, Feral Contest competes against cheaper options and usually loses that fight on mana efficiency alone. Legacy, Vintage, and Modern are too fast for a five-mana sorcery to see real play; Feral Contest is a Commander and Pauper card first and foremost.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Feral Contest is pure bulk — a pickup cost that rounds down to free in most trade binders. Bulk commons rarely move off the floor, so don't expect the price to budge in either direction.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.