Showstopping Surprise
Instant
Card text
Choose target creature you control. Turn it face up if it's face down. Then it deals damage equal to its power to each other creature.
"I prefer gasps and screams to polite applause." —Judith
Showing Murders at Karlov Manor Commander#35
Price
0.30 $
10 printings
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Showstopping Surprise rulings
If the target creature is a face-down creature that can’t be turned face up for any reason, it will remain face down on the battlefield and still deal damage equal to its power (which is very likely to be 2) to each other creature.
Showstopping Surprise format legality
Constructed
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- Future StandardNot legal
Eternal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- PauperNot legal
- PremodernNot legal
- Old SchoolNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
Commander
- CommanderLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- Pauper CommanderNot legal
- Duel CommanderLegal
- PreDHNot legal
Arena & online
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- AlchemyNot legal
- GladiatorNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- Standard BrawlNot legal
- Competitive BrawlNot legal
Other
- TLRNot legal
All printings of Showstopping Surprise 10
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