---
name: "Mage Duel"
mana_cost: "{2}{G}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Fight"]
set: "STX"
set_name: "Strixhaven: School of Mages"
collector_number: "137"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Randy Vargas"
oracle_id: "763882f9-a7ad-4fb1-bdf4-c9a158d4b68e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/mage-duel-stx"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Mage Duel
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{G}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Fight

## Oracle Text
This spell costs {2} less to cast if you've cast another instant or sorcery spell this turn.
Target creature you control gets +1/+2 until end of turn. Then it fights target creature you don't control. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)

> *"규칙을 기억해. 주문을 얼굴에 쏘면 안 돼!"*

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## Printing Details
- **Set:** Strixhaven: School of Mages (STX) #137
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Randy Vargas
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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