First printed in Dominaria United (2022)
Instant
Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature or planeswalker you don't control.
"Yavimaya takes care of herself; the kavu are evidence of this. What does your Coalition offer that the forest cannot provide?"
—Jenson Carthalion
- Illustrated by
- Kitt Lapeña
Legality
- Legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Pauper Commander, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
- Not legal in
- Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, PreDH
Ruling (1)
- If either target is an illegal target as Bite Down tries to resolve, the creature you control won't deal damage.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.002 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 30 Oct 2026).
In Limited on MTG Arena
Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).
| Set | GIH WR | vs set | IWD | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foundations (FDN), Premier Draft | 55.6% | +1.0 | +2.4 | 62971 |
| Foundations (FDN), Sealed | 56.0% | +0.8 | +2.4 | 4655 |
| Dominaria United (DMU), Premier Draft | 57.2% | +0.8 | +1.9 | 82890 |
| Dominaria United (DMU), Sealed | 56.6% | +0.5 | +1.3 | 7501 |
- GIH WR
- win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
- vs set
- points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
- IWD
- improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
- Games
- games in which the card was seen