Spectacular Showdown
- Mana cost
- {1}{R}
- Type
- Sorcery
- Set
- Murders at Karlov Manor Commander #162 (rare)
- Price
- $3.04 USD
Put a double strike counter on target creature, then goad each creature that had a double strike counter put on it this way. (Until your next turn, those creatures attack each combat if able and attack a player other than you if able.)
Overload {4}{R}{R}{R} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")
Spectacular Showdown has 3 printings, first in Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (2022). EDHREC ranks it #2,726 among Commander cards. It appears most in Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser decks (4,999 on EDHREC). 2 public decks on TCG run it. It has 4 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: not legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Public decks that run Spectacular Showdown
- Blame Game - Murders at Karlov Manor Commander, led by Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser
- Draconic Dissent - Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate, led by Firkraag, Cunning Instigator
Commanders that run Spectacular Showdown most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser: 4,999 decks
- Firkraag, Cunning Instigator: 2,748 decks
- Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos: 2,543 decks
- Queen Marchesa: 2,309 decks
- Xantcha, Sleeper Agent: 2,208 decks
- Me, the Immortal: 2,036 decks
- Kratos, God of War: 1,915 decks
- Thantis, the Warweaver: 1,904 decks
Often played with Spectacular Showdown
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Because a spell with overload doesn't target when its overload cost is paid, it may affect permanents with hexproof or with protection from the appropriate color.
- : If you are instructed to cast a spell with overload "without paying its mana cost," you can't choose to pay its overload cost instead.
- : If you don't pay the overload cost of a spell with overload, that spell will have a single target. If you pay the overload cost, the spell won't have any targets.
- : To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying (such as an overload cost), add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.