Printings
War Cadence
Card Information
Type: Enchantment
Mana Cost: 2
CMC: 3
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Mercadian Masques (MMQ)
Rarity: Uncommon
Collector Number: 224
Oracle Text
{X}{R}: This turn, creatures can't block unless their controller pays {X} for each blocking creature they control.
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- October 4, 2004
The ability only applies to blocks declared after it resolves. It will not add costs to any blockers already announced.
Source: wotc - October 4, 2004
You can choose X=0. This doesn’t have an effect most of the time, but it does mean that creatures can’t block unless the controller chooses to pay the cost (a cost of zero is not automatically paid). You can use this to make your creatures unable to block an attacker.
Source: wotc
Price History
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