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Irresistible Prey

Card Name

Irresistible Prey

Mana Cost

Type

Sorcery

Rarity

Uncommon

rules Text

Target creature must be blocked this turn if able.Draw a card.

Flavor Text

The baloth's instincts boiled, its muscles pulled taut, and its razor-spines bristled, as it turned to face—a runt meepling.

Legal Formats

Commander, Historic, Legacy, Modern, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Pauper, Pioneer, Standard

Banned Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Pauper, Pioneer, Standard

Rulings

(6/15/2010)
You can target a creature you don't control or that otherwise couldn't attack that turn.
(6/15/2010)
If the targeted creature is an illegal target by the time Irresistible Prey resolves, the spell doesn't resolve. You won't draw a card.
(6/15/2010)
The creature affected by Irresistible Prey doesn't have to attack that turn.
(6/15/2010)
If the affected creature attacks, the defending player must assign at least one blocker to it during the declare blockers step, unless that player controls no creatures that could block it.