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Oracle Printed

Card Name:

Brittle Effigy

Mana Cost:

Mana Value:

Types:

Artifact

Card Text:

, Exile Brittle Effigy: Exile target creature.

Flavor Text:

"In my early experiments in phylactery, I found that fragile forms have their uses."

—Rocati, Duke of Martyne

Expansion:

Magic 2011

Rarity:

Rare

All Sets:

Card Number:

202

Artist:

John Avon

Rulings

8/15/2010

Brittle Effigy is exiled as a cost to activate its ability, not as part of its effect. If the targeted creature is an illegal target by the time the ability would resolve, the ability doesn't resolve, but Brittle Effigy remains exiled.