---
name: "Grim Contest"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}{G}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B", "G"]
color_identity: ["B", "G"]
keywords: []
set: "FRF"
set_name: "Fate Reforged"
collector_number: "153"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Phill Simmer"
oracle_id: "3b78f940-f840-4d4d-a09b-147202963367"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/grim-contest-frf"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Grim Contest
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}{G}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Choose target creature you control and target creature an opponent controls. Each of those creatures deals damage equal to its toughness to the other.

> *The invader hoped he could survive the beast's jaws and emerge through its rotting skin.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Quarrel](/printing/quarrel-hob.md) — Instant
2. [Tenderize](/printing/tenderize-tmt.md) — Instant
3. [Friendly Rivalry](/printing/friendly-rivalry-ltr.md) — Instant
4. [Pit Fight](/printing/pit-fight-gk2.md) — Instant
5. [Rocky Rebuke](/printing/rocky-rebuke-tla.md) — Instant
6. [Aggressive Instinct](/printing/aggressive-instinct-gs1.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Fate Reforged (FRF) #153
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Phill Simmer
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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