---
name: "Tail Swipe"
mana_cost: "{G}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Fight"]
set: "PLST"
set_name: "The List"
collector_number: "DMU-182"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Ângelo Bortolini"
oracle_id: "525d98d6-b117-44f4-b19c-3dd26e7c9fd4"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/tail-swipe-plst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Tail Swipe
- **Mana Cost:** `{G}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Fight

## Oracle Text
Choose target creature you control and target creature you don't control. If you cast this spell during your main phase, the creature you control gets +1/+1 until end of turn. Then those creatures fight each other. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Savage Swipe](/printing/savage-swipe-j21.md) — Sorcery
2. [Pounce](/printing/pounce-j22.md) — Instant
3. [Wild Instincts](/printing/wild-instincts-ori.md) — Sorcery
4. [Swift Kick](/printing/swift-kick-ktk.md) — Instant
5. [Ruthless Predation](/printing/ruthless-predation-one.md) — Sorcery
6. [Titanic Brawl](/printing/titanic-brawl-j22.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The List (PLST) #DMU-182
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Ângelo Bortolini
- **Total Printings:** 16 across all historical editions

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