Imaginary Threats
Card Information
Type: Instant
Mana Cost: 2
CMC: 4
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Hour of Devastation (HOU)
Rarity: Uncommon
Collector Number: 37
Oracle Text
Creatures target opponent controls attack this turn if able. During that player's next untap step, creatures they control don't untap. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
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Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- July 14, 2017
No creatures that player controls will untap during their next untap step, even creatures that don’t attack. This includes creatures that enter the battlefield or become tapped after this spell resolves.
Source: wotc - July 14, 2017
If, during that player’s declare attackers step, a creature that player controls is tapped or is affected by a spell or ability that says it can’t attack, then it doesn’t attack. If there’s a cost associated with having a creature attack, its controller isn’t forced to pay that cost, so it doesn’t have to attack in that case either.
Source: wotc - July 14, 2017
If the opponent exerts any creatures they control, exert and the effect from Imaginary Threats stopping them from untapping both apply in the same untap step. Those creatures will untap as normal in the player’s subsequent untap step.
Source: wotc
Price History
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