---
name: "Contested Game Ball"
mana_cost: "{2}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: ["Treasure"]
set: "LCI"
set_name: "The Lost Caverns of Ixalan"
collector_number: "251"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Camille Alquier"
oracle_id: "876c9620-216c-45dd-b8a6-b9e0cba63e3d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/contested-game-ball-lci"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Contested Game Ball
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Artifact
- **Keywords:** Treasure

## Oracle Text
Whenever you're dealt combat damage, the attacking player gains control of this artifact and untaps it.
{2}, {T}: Draw a card and put a point counter on this artifact. Then if it has five or more point counters on it, sacrifice it and create a Treasure token.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Strixhaven Stadium](/printing/strixhaven-stadium-stx.md) — Artifact
2. [Coveted Jewel](/printing/coveted-jewel-msc.md) — Artifact
3. [Bucknard's Everfull Purse](/printing/bucknards-everfull-purse-plst.md) — Artifact
4. [Jinxed Ring](/printing/jinxed-ring-sth.md) — Artifact
5. [Blitzball](/printing/blitzball-fin.md) — Artifact
6. [Jinxed Idol](/printing/jinxed-idol-tmp.md) — Artifact

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI) #251
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Camille Alquier
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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