Tax Collector
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Community Rating:
0.51.01.52.02.53.03.54.04.55.0
Community Rating: 5 / 5  (0 votes)
Card Name:
Tax Collector
Mana Cost:
1White
Mana Value:
2
Types:
Creature — Human Advisor
Card Text:
When Tax Collector enters the battlefield, choose one —
• Tax — Until your next turn, spells your opponents cast cost 1 more to cast.
• Arrest — Detain target creature an opponent controls. (Until your next turn, that creature can't attack or block and its activated abilities can't be activated.)
P/T:
2 / 2
Expansion:
Rarity:
Uncommon
Card Number:
9
Artist:
Language:
English
Rulings
7/5/2024 Activated abilities include a colon and are written in the form "[cost]: [effect]." No one can activate any activated abilities, including mana abilities, of a detained permanent.
7/5/2024 The static abilities of a detained permanent still apply. The triggered abilities of a detained permanent can still trigger.
7/5/2024 If a creature is already attacking or blocking when it's detained, it won't be removed from combat. It will continue to attack or block.
7/5/2024 If a permanent's activated ability is on the stack when that permanent is detained, the ability will be unaffected.
7/5/2024 If a noncreature permanent is detained and later turns into a creature, it won't be able to attack or block.
7/5/2024 When a player leaves a multiplayer game, any continuous effects with durations that last until that player's next turn or until a specific point in that turn (such as the effect of being detained) will last until that turn would have begun. They neither expire immediately nor last indefinitely.
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