---
name: "Spectacular Showdown"
mana_cost: "{1}{R}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Overload", "Goad"]
set: "CLB"
set_name: "Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate"
collector_number: "679"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Michal Ivan"
oracle_id: "b6f61b77-d571-4508-a5e8-435b4e097f3a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/spectacular-showdown-clb"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Spectacular Showdown
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{R}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Overload, Goad

## Oracle Text
Put a double strike counter on target creature, then goad each creature that had a double strike counter put on it this way. (Until your next turn, those creatures attack each combat if able and attack a player other than you if able.)
Overload {4}{R}{R}{R} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Ticked Off](/printing/ticked-off-tmc.md) — Sorcery
2. [Berserkers' Onslaught](/printing/berserkers-onslaught-plst.md) — Enchantment
3. [Assault Strobe](/printing/assault-strobe-aa3.md) — Sorcery
4. [Fell Beast's Shriek](/printing/fell-beasts-shriek-ltc.md) — Sorcery
5. [Fast Forward](/printing/fast-forward-tmc.md) — Sorcery
6. [Fangs of Kalonia](/printing/fangs-of-kalonia-mh3.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) #679
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Michal Ivan
- **Total Printings:** 19 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`