---
name: "Contest of Claws"
mana_cost: "{1}{G}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Discover"]
set: "LCC"
set_name: "The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander"
collector_number: "12"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Cristi Balanescu"
oracle_id: "e30d5114-40d7-4dc5-8067-9c5e9625e097"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/contest-of-claws-lcc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Contest of Claws
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{G}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Discover

## Oracle Text
Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to another target creature. If excess damage was dealt this way, discover X, where X is that excess damage. (Exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card with that mana value or less. Cast it without paying its mana cost or put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Crater's Claws](/printing/craters-claws-ktk.md) — Sorcery
2. [Feral Encounter](/printing/feral-encounter-pwoe.md) — Sorcery
3. [Intruder's Inquisition](/printing/intruders-inquisition-yotj.md) — Sorcery
4. [Ravenous Pursuit](/printing/ravenous-pursuit-ymid.md) — Sorcery
5. [The Infamous Cruelclaw](/printing/the-infamous-cruelclaw-pblb.md) — Legendary Creature — Weasel Mercenary
6. [Charge of the Forever-Beast](/printing/charge-of-the-forever-beast-iko.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC) #12
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Cristi Balanescu
- **Total Printings:** 13 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`