---
name: "Fall of the Hammer"
mana_cost: "{1}{R}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: []
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "CM2"
set_name: "Commander Anthology Volume II"
collector_number: "97"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Adam Paquette"
oracle_id: "7e3fe8e4-e56a-4109-a314-96c44bbe7d22"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/fall-of-the-hammer-cm2"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Fall of the Hammer
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{R}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to another target creature.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Tail Slash](/printing/tail-slash-dtk.md) — Instant
2. [Soul's Fire](/printing/souls-fire-cmr.md) — Instant
3. [Mutiny](/printing/mutiny-rix.md) — Sorcery
4. [Rocky Rebuke](/printing/rocky-rebuke-tla.md) — Instant
5. [Deadshot](/printing/deadshot-tpr.md) — Sorcery
6. [Justice Strike](/printing/justice-strike-grn.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander Anthology Volume II (CM2) #97
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Adam Paquette

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2014-02-01)* The amount of damage dealt is based on the first target creature’s power as Fall of the Hammer resolves.
- *(2014-02-01)* As Fall of the Hammer tries to resolve, if only one of the targets is legal, Fall of the Hammer will still resolve but will have no effect: If the first target creature is illegal, it can’t deal damage to anything. If the second target creature is illegal, it can’t be dealt damage.