Prepare // Fight

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Prepare // Fight: Instant, Amonkhet. Untap target creature. It gets +2/+2 and gains lifelink until end of turn. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{W}
Mana value
6
Type
Instant
Colour identity
White and green (WG)
Rarity
Rare
Set
Amonkhet (AKH)
Released
2017-04-28
Collector number
220
Artist
Zack Stella
Commander rank
21,881 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Fight, Aftermath

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About Prepare // Fight

Prepare // Fight is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white and green instant from Amonkhet (AKH), an expansion set released in April 2017. It is collector number 220 in that set, with art by Zack Stella. It costs {1}{W} (one generic and one white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 6. Its colour identity is white and green. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Amonkhet (2017) to Amonkhet Remastered (2020). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.26 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).

Card text

Untap target creature. It gets +2/+2 and gains lifelink until end of turn.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.26 (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 Prepare // Fight by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Prepare // Fight

Prepare // Fight has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Amonkhet Remastered (AKR) #251Rare2020
Amonkhet Promos (PAKH) #220sRare2017

Official rulings

The 8 most recent official rulings for Prepare // Fight, newest first.

  • Once you've started to cast a spell with aftermath from your graveyard, the card is immediately moved to the stack. Opponents can't try to stop the ability by exiling the card with an effect such as that of Crook of Condemnation.
  • If another effect allows you to cast a split card with aftermath from a graveyard, you may cast either half. If you cast the half that has aftermath, you'll exile the card if it would leave the stack.
  • Any damage dealt by a creature you control with lifelink causes you to gain that much life, not just combat damage.
  • If you cast the first half of a split card with aftermath during your turn, you'll have priority immediately after it resolves. You can cast the half with aftermath from your graveyard before any player can take any other action if it's legal for you to do so.
  • If either or both targets are illegal when Fight tries to resolve, no creature will deal or be dealt damage.
  • While not on the stack, the characteristics of a split card are the combination of its two halves. For example, Destined // Lead is a green and black card, it is both an instant card and a sorcery card, and its mana value is 6. This means that if an effect allows you to cast a card with mana value 2 from your hand, you can't cast Destined. This is a change from the previous rules for split cards.
  • Untapping an attacking creature doesn't remove it from combat.
  • Split cards with aftermath have a new frame treatment-the half you can cast from your hand is oriented the same as other cards you'd cast from your hand, while the half you can cast from your graveyard is a traditional split card half. This frame treatment is for your convenience and has no rules significance.

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