Curtain of Light (Saviors of Kamigawa) - Gatherer

Curtain of Light

Community Rating:

Community Rating: 3.234 / 5 (47 votes)

Oracle Printed

Card Name:

Curtain of Light

Mana Cost:

Mana Value:

Types:

Instant

Card Text:

Cast this spell only during combat after blockers are declared.

Target unblocked attacking creature becomes blocked. (This spell works on creatures that can't be blocked.)

Draw a card.

Flavor Text:

"Paint gold upon the wind,

Shape the wind into a shield,

And vanish behind the brightness."

—Snow-Fur, kitsune poet

Expansion:

Saviors of Kamigawa

Rarity:

Common

Card Number:

Artist:

Chippy

Rulings

6/1/2005	An attacking unblocked creature exists from the time the defending player chooses not to block that creature until the combat phase ends. Curtain of Light doesn't have any legal targets outside of the combat phase.
6/1/2005	Curtain of Light does trigger bushido abilities.
6/1/2005	Curtain of Light isn't particularly effective against creatures with trample. Since the creature with trample has no blocker to assign damage to, all the damage will be assigned to the defending player.
9/20/2013	If a turn has multiple combat phases, this spell can be cast during any of them as long as it's after the beginning of that phase's Declare Blockers Step.