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War Tax

Card Name

War Tax

Mana Cost

2

Type

Enchantment

Rarity

Uncommon

rules Text

X
 Creatures can't attack this turn unless their controller pays
X
 for each attacking creature.

Flavor Text

The worst thing about being a depraved pirate is having to work with a bunch of depraved pirates.

Legal Formats

Commander, Legacy, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Explorer, Historic, Modern, Pauper, Pioneer, Standard

Rulings

(10/4/2004)
You can choose X=0. This doesn't have an effect most of the time, but it does mean that creatures can't attack unless the controller chooses to pay the cost (a cost of zero is not automatically paid, so the controller can choose to not pay).
(10/4/2004)
The ability only applies to attackers declared after it resolves. It will not add costs to any attackers already announced.
(2/1/2007)
In the Two-Headed Giant format, you still only have to pay once per creature.