---
name: "Berserk"
mana_cost: "{G}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: []
set: "SOA"
set_name: "Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive"
collector_number: "50"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Paul Adam"
oracle_id: "8b67d192-9a05-4a47-82ae-5fc4b7834d88"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/berserk-soa"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Berserk
- **Mana Cost:** `{G}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Cast this spell only before the combat damage step.
Target creature gains trample and gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is its power. At the beginning of the next end step, destroy that creature if it attacked this turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Fatal Frenzy](/printing/fatal-frenzy-plc.md) — Instant
2. [Brute Strength](/printing/brute-strength-akh.md) — Instant
3. [Blood Frenzy](/printing/blood-frenzy-tmp.md) — Instant
4. [Smashing Spree](/printing/smashing-spree-msc.md) — Instant
5. [Predator's Strike](/printing/predators-strike-plst.md) — Instant
6. [Ride Down](/printing/ride-down-sir.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive (SOA) #50
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Paul Adam
- **Total Printings:** 23 across all historical editions

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