---
name: "Collective Effort"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}{W}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Escalate"]
set: "EMN"
set_name: "Eldritch Moon"
collector_number: "17"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Eric Deschamps"
oracle_id: "a97e760a-99c8-47ea-a875-451aca913ee7"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/collective-effort-emn"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Collective Effort
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}{W}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Escalate

## Oracle Text
Escalate—Tap an untapped creature you control. (Pay this cost for each mode chosen beyond the first.)
Choose one or more —
• Destroy target creature with power 4 or greater.
• Destroy target enchantment.
• Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature target player controls.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Collective Defiance](/printing/collective-defiance-inr.md) — Sorcery
2. [Methods of the Mighty](/printing/methods-of-the-mighty-msc.md) — Instant
3. [Season of Gathering](/printing/season-of-gathering-pblb.md) — Sorcery
4. [Collective Resistance](/printing/collective-resistance-plst.md) — Instant
5. [Inspiring Roar](/printing/inspiring-roar-cmr.md) — Sorcery
6. [Basri's Solidarity](/printing/basris-solidarity-m21.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Eldritch Moon (EMN) #17
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Eric Deschamps
- **Total Printings:** 38 across all historical editions

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