TYPE
Sorcery

ABILITY
Choose two target creatures that share no creature types. Those creatures fight each other. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)

FLAVOR TEXT
They could agree on one thing only: one of them must die.

ILLUSTRATOR
Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai

LEGALITIES
Standard Future Historic Timeless Gladiator Pioneer Explorer Modern Legacy Pauper Vintage Penny Commander Oathbreaker Standardbrawl Brawl Alchemy Paupercommander Duel Oldschool Premodern Predh

LANGUAGES
DE EN ES FR IT JP PT RU ZH-CN ZH-TW

RULINGS

• 2008-04-01 The two creatures may be controlled by the same player.
• 2008-04-01 If, by the time Rivals’ Duel resolves, an effect has caused the two target creatures to share a creature type, Rivals’ Duel doesn’t resolve for having no legal targets.
• 2008-04-01 If either one of the creatures leaves the battlefield before Rivals’ Duel resolves, no damage is dealt to or by the remaining creature. If both creatures leave the battlefield before Rivals’ Duel resolves, the spell doesn’t resolve for having no legal targets.