---
name: "Borrowed Hostility"
mana_cost: "{R}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Escalate"]
set: "EMN"
set_name: "Eldritch Moon"
collector_number: "121"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Volkan Baǵa"
oracle_id: "b45fc33b-0658-4fe1-89da-54a07a12ebd4"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/borrowed-hostility-emn"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Borrowed Hostility
- **Mana Cost:** `{R}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Escalate

## Oracle Text
Escalate {3} (Pay this cost for each mode chosen beyond the first.)
Choose one or both —
• Target creature gets +3/+0 until end of turn.
• Target creature gains first strike until end of turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Borrowed Malevolence](/printing/borrowed-malevolence-sir.md) — Instant
2. [Furious Resistance](/printing/furious-resistance-gtc.md) — Instant
3. [Fit of Rage](/printing/fit-of-rage-wth.md) — Sorcery
4. [Rise to the Challenge](/printing/rise-to-the-challenge-bng.md) — Instant
5. [Fervent Strike](/printing/fervent-strike-plst.md) — Instant
6. [Slaughter Cry](/printing/slaughter-cry-m12.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Eldritch Moon (EMN) #121
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Volkan Baǵa
- **Total Printings:** 15 across all historical editions

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