Mystic Barrier
Card Information
Type: Enchantment
Mana Cost: 4
CMC: 5
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Commander 2013 (C13)
Rarity: Rare
Collector Number: 18
Oracle Text
When this enchantment enters and at the beginning of your upkeep, choose left or right. Each player may attack only the nearest opponent in the last chosen direction and planeswalkers controlled by that opponent.
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- October 17, 2013
If two Mystic Barriers are on the battlefield with two different chosen directions, you may not attack a player or planeswalker unless that player or the controller of that planeswalker is the opponent seated nearest you in both directions. (This happens most often in two-player games.)
Source: wotc - October 17, 2013
Mystic Barrier doesn’t affect creatures that enter the battlefield attacking.
Source: wotc - October 17, 2013
Mystic Barrier affects only what players and planeswalkers each player may attack with creatures they control. It doesn’t affect what players may be targeted by spells or abilities or other interactions.
Source: wotc - October 17, 2013
In some formats, you may need to disregard teammates sitting between you and the opponent seated nearest you in the chosen direction. In formats like Emperor, other rules may prohibit you from attacking that player.
Source: wotc
Price History
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