Showstopping Surprise

Showstopping Surprise card image

Showstopping Surprise: Instant, Murders at Karlov Manor Commander. Choose target creature you control. Turn it face up if it's face down. On Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{3}{R}{R}
Mana value
5
Type
Instant
Colour identity
Red (R)
Rarity
Rare
Set
Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC)
Released
2024-02-09
Collector number
35
Artist
David Palumbo
Commander rank
12,397 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Showstopping Surprise

Showstopping Surprise is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare red instant from Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC), a Commander product released in February 2024. It is collector number 35 in that set, with art by David Palumbo. It costs {3}{R}{R} (three generic and two red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Murders at Karlov Manor Commander is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.27 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Choose target creature you control. Turn it face up if it's face down. Then it deals damage equal to its power to each other creature.

"I prefer gasps and screams to polite applause." -Judith

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.27 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Showstopping Surprise by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Showstopping Surprise

The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC) #345Rare2024

Official rulings

One official ruling applies to Showstopping Surprise.

  • If the target creature is a face-down creature that can’t be turned face up for any reason, it will remain face down on the battlefield and still deal damage equal to its power (which is very likely to be 2) to each other creature.

Similar cards

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In these precons

Showstopping Surprise is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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