Printings
Grab the Reins
Card Information
Type: Instant
Mana Cost: 3
CMC: 4
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Mirrodin (MRD)
Rarity: Uncommon
Collector Number: 95
Oracle Text
Choose one — • Until end of turn, you gain control of target creature and it gains haste. • Sacrifice a creature. Grab the Reins deals damage equal to that creature's power to any target. Entwine {2}{R} (Choose both if you pay the entwine cost.)
Keywords
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- December 1, 2004
If you cast this with Entwine, you don’t get priority in the middle of resolution. You can’t steal something, do anything (like attack with it), and then sacrifice it.
Source: wotc - December 1, 2004
If you choose the “sacrifice a creature” mode, you choose the target of the damage on announcement, but don’t choose what to sacrifice until resolution. You must sacrifice a creature when Grab the Reins resolves, even if you don’t want to. If you don’t control any creatures at that time, Grab the Reins deals no damage.
Source: wotc - December 1, 2004
If you pay the entwine cost, you can sacrifice the creature you gain control of with Grab the Reins.
Source: wotc
Price History
To study a single card is to glimpse the heart of a spell - a frozen moment of ambition, artistry, and arcane intent. Within each glyph lies a spark: a story untold, a duel turned, a destiny altered. Treat it not as mere parchment, dear seeker, but as a shard of the Multiverse itself.