Deserter's Quarters
Card Information
Type: Artifact
Mana Cost: 2
CMC: 2
Part of the Reserved List: No
Set: Journey into Nyx (JOU)
Rarity: Uncommon
Collector Number: 160
Oracle Text
You may choose not to untap this artifact during your untap step. {6}, {T}: Tap target creature. It doesn't untap during its controller's untap step for as long as this artifact remains tapped.
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- April 26, 2014
The activated ability can target any creature, not just one that's untapped.
Source: wotc - April 26, 2014
As long as Deserter's Quarters remains tapped, the effect stopping the creature from untapping during its controller's untap step remains even if that creature untaps some other way (for example, with Colossal Heroics).
Source: wotc
Price History
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