Pounce
Pounce: Instant, Jumpstart 2022. Target creature you control fights target creature you don't control. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{G}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- Green (G)
- Rarity
- Common
- Set
- Jumpstart 2022 (J22)
- Released
- 2022-12-02
- Collector number
- 707
- Artist
- Lucas Graciano
- Commander rank
- 13,038 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Fight
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About Pounce
Pounce is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common green instant from Jumpstart 2022 (J22), a draft-focused set released in December 2022. It is collector number 707 in that set, with art by Lucas Graciano. It costs {1}{G} (one generic and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Ixalan (2017) to Jumpstart 2022 (2022). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.24 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
Target creature you control fights target creature you don't control. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)
The drive to hunt and feed is raw instinct for dinosaurs. The trick is simply to channel it in the right direction.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.24 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Pounce by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Pauper Commander | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Pounce
Pounce has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Ixalan (XLN) #200 | Common | 2017 |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Pounce.
- If either or both targets are illegal when Pounce tries to resolve, no creature will deal or be dealt damage.
Similar cards
Other instant cards with a green colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these card lists
These card lists include Pounce.