Prizefight
Instant
Target creature you control fights target creature you don't control. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)
Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Streets of New Capenna
- Price
- $0.33
- EDHREC rank
- #3591
Prizefight deals a creature you control damage equal to the number of +1/+1 counters on it, then makes that creature fight — so it doubles as a pump spell and removal on the same line. Two mana for that spread of work is efficient enough that any deck running a counter-stacked creature should want it, and Maarika, Brutal Gladiator turns every fight trigger into a free deathtouch proc on top of it.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Maarika, Brutal Gladiator
Prizefight is nearly an auto-include here — Maarika, Brutal Gladiator triggers whenever a creature she controls deals damage to another creature, so a single Prizefight activation hands her two separate triggers off one spell.
Neyith of the Dire Hunt
Neyith of the Dire Hunt draws a card whenever a creature you control fights, which makes Prizefight a two-mana fight spell that replaces itself — clean value every time.
Legolas, Master Archer
Legolas, Master Archer pings creatures that fight, so Prizefight gives him a target to ping immediately on the turn it resolves, letting him pick off utility creatures before the fight even resolves.
Wolverine, Best There Is
Wolverine, Best There Is accumulates +1/+1 counters from combat damage, and Prizefight converts those counters directly into fight damage — the bigger Wolverine gets, the more one-sided the fight becomes.
Shelob, Child of Ungoliant
Shelob, Child of Ungoliant has deathtouch, which means Prizefight's counter-based damage only needs to be one point to kill anything Shelob fights — the self-damage clause is functionally irrelevant on a deathtouch commander.
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 |
Commander is where Prizefight earns its keep, because the counter-synergy payoffs in that format — fights-matter commanders, deathtouch creatures, proliferate engines — make the self-damage clause a feature rather than a cost. In Pauper it competes at common rarity with other two-mana fight spells and slots into stompy or infect shells that already stack counters. Modern and Pioneer have faster, cleaner removal that rarely leaves room for a fight spell at sorcery speed, so Prizefight is fringe there outside of dedicated +1/+1 counter synergy builds. Legacy and Vintage have no realistic home for it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.33 bulk tier
At $0.33, Prizefight is bulk — grab a copy without thinking about it. Bulk fight spells don't spike unless a synergy commander breaks into the mainstream, so expect the price to stay flat.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Maarika, Brutal Gladiator
- Neyith of the Dire Hunt
- Legolas, Master Archer
- Wolverine, Best There Is
- Shelob, Child of Ungoliant
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.