Knockout Maneuver
- Mana cost
- {2}{G}
- Type
- Sorcery
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive #184 (uncommon)
Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control, then it deals damage equal to its power to target creature an opponent controls.
Knockout Maneuver has 4 printings, first in Tarkir: Dragonstorm (2025). EDHREC ranks it #11,022 among Commander cards. It appears most in Berta, Wise Extrapolator decks (242 on EDHREC). It has 2 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Knockout Maneuver most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Berta, Wise Extrapolator: 242 decks
- Cait, Cage Brawler: 61 decks
- Tam, Observant Sequencer // Deep Sight: 44 decks
- Michelangelo, Weirdness to 11: 17 decks
- Maester Seymour: 12 decks
- Leatherhead, Swamp Stalker: 9 decks
- Iwamori of the Open Fist: 8 decks
- Medusa, Inhuman Queen: 7 decks
Often played with Knockout Maneuver
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : You can't cast Knockout Maneuver unless you choose a creature you control and a creature an opponent controls as targets.
- : If either creature is an illegal target as Knockout Maneuver resolves, the creature you control won't deal damage. If the creature you control is an illegal target, you won't put a +1/+1 counter on it even if it's still on the battlefield.