---
name: "Downhill Charge"
mana_cost: "{2}{R}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "NEM"
set_name: "Nemesis"
collector_number: "79"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt"
oracle_id: "8018419c-ea19-499b-a33a-7c20b35bce7b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/downhill-charge-nem"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Downhill Charge
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{R}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
You may sacrifice a Mountain rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Target creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the number of Mountains you control.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Mine Collapse](/printing/mine-collapse-mh2.md) — Instant
2. [Crash](/printing/crash-mmq.md) — Instant
3. [Rockslide Ambush](/printing/rockslide-ambush-ptk.md) — Sorcery
4. [Landslide](/printing/landslide-uds.md) — Sorcery
5. [Fireblast](/printing/fireblast-pd2.md) — Instant
6. [Spitting Earth](/printing/spitting-earth-dd1.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Nemesis (NEM) #79
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

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