---
name: "Battle at the Bridge"
mana_cost: "{X}{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Improvise"]
set: "AER"
set_name: "Aether Revolt"
collector_number: "53"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Chris Rallis"
oracle_id: "3d63ad3a-4e9f-4968-a576-4be063f4ecbf"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/battle-at-the-bridge-aer"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Battle at the Bridge
- **Mana Cost:** `{X}{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Improvise

## Oracle Text
Improvise (Your artifacts can help cast this spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for {1}.)
Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn. You gain X life.

> *« Cela vous dépasse. Tous autant que vous êtes. » —Tezzeret*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Irradiate](/printing/irradiate-mrd.md) — Instant
2. [Barricade Breaker](/printing/barricade-breaker-klr.md) — Artifact Creature — Juggernaut
3. [Essence Pulse](/printing/essence-pulse-c21.md) — Sorcery
4. [Terisiare's Devastation](/printing/terisiares-devastation-brc.md) — Sorcery
5. [Sweatworks Brawler](/printing/sweatworks-brawler-aer.md) — Creature — Human Artificer
6. [Hatred](/printing/hatred-exo.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Aether Revolt (AER) #53
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Chris Rallis
- **Total Printings:** 13 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`