Untimely Malfunction
Card Information
Type: Instant
Mana Cost: 1
CMC: 2
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Duskmourn: House of Horror (DSK)
Rarity: Uncommon
Collector Number: 161
Oracle Text
Choose one — • Destroy target artifact. • Change the target of target spell or ability with a single target. • One or two target creatures can't block this turn.
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- September 20, 2024
The effect of Untimely Malfunction's last mode won't cause creatures that are already blocking to stop blocking.
Source: wotc - September 20, 2024
You don't choose the new target for the spell or ability targeted with Untimely Malfunction's second mode until Untimely Malfunction resolves. You must change the target if possible. However, you can't change the target to an illegal target. If there are no legal targets to choose from, the target isn't changed. It doesn't matter if the original target has somehow become illegal itself.
Source: wotc - September 20, 2024
If a spell or ability targets multiple things, you can't target it with Untimely Malfunction's second mode, even if all but one of those targets have become illegal.
Source: wotc
Price History
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