---
name: "Evolutionary Escalation"
mana_cost: "{1}{G}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: []
set: "PZ2"
set_name: "Treasure Chest"
collector_number: "32"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Kev Walker"
oracle_id: "f9837988-a097-4f00-a94f-4856d5d9894e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/evolutionary-escalation-pz2"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Evolutionary Escalation
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{G}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Enchantment

## Oracle Text
At the beginning of your upkeep, put three +1/+1 counters on target creature you control and three +1/+1 counters on target creature an opponent controls.

> *Survival is a constant competition from which both sides can benefit.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Incremental Growth](/printing/incremental-growth-lrw.md) — Sorcery
2. [Branching Evolution](/printing/branching-evolution-jmp.md) — Enchantment
3. [Exhilarating Elocution](/printing/exhilarating-elocution-stx.md) — Sorcery
4. [Biogenic Upgrade](/printing/biogenic-upgrade-j25.md) — Sorcery
5. [Hardened Scales](/printing/hardened-scales-cm2.md) — Enchantment
6. [Brokers Ascendancy](/printing/brokers-ascendancy-psnc.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Treasure Chest (PZ2) #32
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Kev Walker
- **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: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`