Duel for Dominance
- Mana cost
- {1}{G}
- Type
- Instant
- Set
- Innistrad: Midnight Hunt #184 (common)
- Price
- $0.22 USD
Coven — Choose target creature you control and target creature you don't control. If you control three or more creatures with different powers, put a +1/+1 counter on the chosen creature you control. Then the chosen creatures fight each other. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)
Duel for Dominance has 3 printings, first in Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (2021). EDHREC ranks it #14,028 among Commander cards. It appears most in Tovolar, Dire Overlord // Tovolar, the Midnight Scourge decks (1,662 on EDHREC). It has 2 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Duel for Dominance most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Tovolar, Dire Overlord // Tovolar, the Midnight Scourge: 1,662 decks
- Neyith of the Dire Hunt: 466 decks
- Strong, the Brutish Thespian: 183 decks
- Rhonas the Indomitable: 101 decks
- Sigarda, Champion of Light: 51 decks
- Edgar, Moonlit Sovereign: 44 decks
- Sekki, Seasons' Guide: 36 decks
- Venus, Torn Between Worlds: 19 decks
Often played with Duel for Dominance
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
- Moonrager's Slash
- Tireless Hauler
- Wolf Strike
- Might of the Old Ways
- Spellrune Painter
- Candletrap
- Defend the Celestus
- Dawnhart Wardens
- Tavern Ruffian
- Hookhand Mariner
Rulings
- : Only the +1/+1 counter is contingent on having three or more creatures with different powers. The target creatures will still fight even if you don't have three or more creatures with different powers when Duel for Dominance resolves.
- : If you control three or more creatures with different powers and the target creature you control is still a legal target as Duel for Dominance resolves but the target creature you don't control isn't, you will still put a +1/+1 counter on the creature you control. It isn't much of a duel, but your creature is still dominant.