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Containment Membrane
Card Information
Type: Enchantment — Aura
Mana Cost: 2
CMC: 3
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Oath of the Gatewatch (OGW)
Rarity: Common
Collector Number: 52
Oracle Text
Surge {U} (You may cast this spell for its surge cost if you or a teammate has cast another spell this turn.) Enchant creature Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.
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Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- January 22, 2016
The other spell that you or a teammate cast can be one that's resolved, one that was countered, or (for instants with surge) one that's still on the stack.
Source: wotc - January 22, 2016
For some cards, surge represents only an alternative cost, a discount that applies if you or a teammate has cast another spell this turn. Other cards, like Reckless Bushwhacker, have additional abilities or effects if you paid the surge cost to cast the spell.
Source: wotc - January 22, 2016
Containment Membrane can target and be attached to an untapped creature. It just won't have any effect until that creature becomes tapped.
Source: wotc - January 22, 2016
If an instant or sorcery spell cast for its surge cost is copied, the copy is also considered to have had its surge cost paid.
Source: wotc - January 22, 2016
Casting a spell for its surge cost doesn't change its mana cost or its mana value.
Source: wotc - January 22, 2016
The enchanted creature can still be untapped by other spells and abilities.
Source: wotc
Price History
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