---
name: "Melee"
mana_cost: "{4}{R}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "ICE"
set_name: "Ice Age"
collector_number: "200"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Dameon Willich"
oracle_id: "93fc1ff8-6ef0-42a2-b090-ba95b6f3c98e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/melee-ice"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Melee
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{R}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Cast this spell only during combat on your turn before blockers are declared.
You choose which creatures block this combat and how those creatures block.
Whenever a creature attacks and isn't blocked this combat, untap it and remove it from combat.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Berserker's Frenzy](/printing/berserkers-frenzy-afc.md) — Instant
2. [Blaze of Glory](/printing/blaze-of-glory-2ed.md) — Instant
3. [Outmaneuver](/printing/outmaneuver-plst.md) — Instant
4. [False Orders](/printing/false-orders-ced.md) — Instant
5. [Disharmony](/printing/disharmony-me3.md) — Instant
6. [Balduvian Warlord](/printing/balduvian-warlord-csp.md) — Creature — Human Barbarian

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Ice Age (ICE) #200
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Dameon Willich
- **Total Printings:** 6 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`