---
name: "Uphill Battle"
mana_cost: "{2}{R}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "MMQ"
set_name: "Mercadian Masques"
collector_number: "222"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Pete Venters"
oracle_id: "349a18bf-5c61-4fe6-a5e5-5e7cad6b4ba6"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/uphill-battle-mmq"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Uphill Battle
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{R}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Enchantment

## Oracle Text
Creatures played by your opponents enter tapped.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Onslaught](/printing/onslaught-exo.md) — Enchantment
2. [Kismet](/printing/kismet-leg.md) — Enchantment
3. [Opposition](/printing/opposition-mp2.md) — Enchantment
4. [Wrath of Marit Lage](/printing/wrath-of-marit-lage-8ed.md) — Enchantment
5. [Imposing Sovereign](/printing/imposing-sovereign-m14.md) — Creature — Human Noble
6. [Frozen Aether](/printing/frozen-aether-plst.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mercadian Masques (MMQ) #222
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Pete Venters
- **Total Printings:** 8 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`