---
name: "Bite Down"
mana_cost: "{1}{G}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: []
set: "DMU"
set_name: "Dominaria United"
collector_number: "155"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Kitt Lapeña"
oracle_id: "623903de-3c04-4745-9af3-d7ec9fb2574d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/bite-down-dmu"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Bite Down
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{G}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature or planeswalker you don't control.

> *„Yavimaya kann auf sich aufpassen, die Kavu sind der Beweis dafür. Was hat eure Koalition zu bieten, das der Wald nicht bieten kann?"
—Jenson Carthalion*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Rabid Bite](/printing/rabid-bite-gn3.md) — Sorcery
2. [Quarrel](/printing/quarrel-hob.md) — Instant
3. [Tenderize](/printing/tenderize-tmt.md) — Instant
4. [Infectious Bite](/printing/infectious-bite-one.md) — Instant
5. [Aggressive Instinct](/printing/aggressive-instinct-gs1.md) — Sorcery
6. [Rocky Rebuke](/printing/rocky-rebuke-tla.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Dominaria United (DMU) #155
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Kitt Lapeña
- **Total Printings:** 20 across all historical editions

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