Struggle // Survive

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Struggle // Survive: Instant, March of the Machine Commander. Struggle deals damage to target creature equal to the number of lands you control. On Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{R}
Mana value
5
Type
Instant
Colour identity
Red and green (RG)
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
March of the Machine Commander (MOC)
Released
2023-04-21
Collector number
339
Artist
Eric Deschamps
Commander rank
15,285 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Aftermath

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About Struggle // Survive

Struggle // Survive is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon red and green instant from March of the Machine Commander (MOC), a Commander product released in April 2023. It is collector number 339 in that set, with art by Eric Deschamps. It costs {2}{R} (two generic and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. Its colour identity is red and green. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Hour of Devastation (2017) to March of the Machine Commander (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.20 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).

Card text

Struggle deals damage to target creature equal to the number of lands you control.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.20 (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 Struggle // Survive by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

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

Other printings of Struggle // Survive

Struggle // Survive has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Zendikar Rising Commander (ZNC) #102Uncommon2020
Amonkhet Remastered (AKR) #265Uncommon2020
Hour of Devastation (HOU) #151Uncommon2017

Official rulings

The 8 most recent official rulings for Struggle // Survive, newest first.

  • If a player has no cards in their graveyard when Survive resolves, that player just shuffles their library.
  • 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.
  • A spell with aftermath cast from a graveyard will always be exiled afterward, whether it resolves, it's countered, or it leaves the stack in some other way.
  • All split cards have two card faces on a single card, and you put a split card onto the stack with only the half you're casting. The characteristics of the half of the card you didn't cast are ignored while the spell is on the stack. For example, if an effect prevents you from casting green spells, you can cast Destined of Destined // Lead, but not Lead.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Each split card is a single card. For example, if you discard one, you've discarded one card, not two. If an effect counts the number of instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard, Destined // Lead counts once, not twice.
  • 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.

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