Tail Swipe
Tail Swipe: Instant, Foundations Jumpstart. Choose target creature you control and target creature you don't control. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {G}
- Mana value
- 1
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- Green (G)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Foundations Jumpstart (J25)
- Released
- 2024-11-15
- Collector number
- 721
- Artist
- Ângelo Bortolini
- Commander rank
- 4,152 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Fight
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About Tail Swipe
Tail Swipe is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon green instant from Foundations Jumpstart (J25), a draft-focused set released in November 2024. It is collector number 721 in that set, with art by Ângelo Bortolini. It costs {G} (one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 1. Its colour identity is 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 The List (2020) to Foundations Jumpstart (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.38 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
Choose target creature you control and target creature you don't control. If you cast this spell during your main phase, the creature you control gets +1/+1 until end of turn. Then those creatures fight each other. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.38 (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 Tail Swipe by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Tail Swipe
Tail Swipe has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #DMU-182 | Uncommon | 2024 |
| Store Championships (SCH) #15 | Rare | 2023 |
| Dominaria United (DMU) #182 | Uncommon | 2022 |
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 Tail Swipe.