Name
Spore Cloud

Mana Cost

Type
Instant

Set
Masters Edition II

Rarity
Uncommon

Text

Tap all blocking creatures. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. Each attacking creature and each blocking creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.


Number
#176

Other Prints
Fallen Empires

Legal Formats
Commander | Duel | Legacy | Oathbreaker | Pauper | Pauper Commander | Vintage

Availability
Magic Online

Rulings

(01/10/2008)
Spore Cloud doesn’t track the creatures’ controllers. If an affected creature changes controllers before its old controller’s next untap step, Spore Cloud will prevent it from being untapped during its new controller’s next untap step.


(04/10/2004)
Only makes attackers or blockers that have been declared before the spell is cast unable to untap as normal next turn. So, if used before attackers or blockers are declared, it is simply a Fog-like effect. If used after attackers are declared but before blockers are declared, it does the Fog effect and makes attackers not untap as normal. If done after blockers are declared, it has full effect.


(01/10/2008)
If a creature affected by Spore Cloud is untapped at the time its controller’s next untap step begins, the “doesn’t untap” effect doesn’t do anything. It won’t apply at some later time when that creature is tapped.


Artist
Susan Van Camp

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