Back to The Brothers' War

Involuntary Cooldown

{3}{U}

Sorcery

BROThe Brothers' War#53uncommon
Foil

"Back to the ivory towers! This won't hold for long!" —Vayor, Third Path cryomancer

Border
black
Frame
2015
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 1392
Illustrator
Eelis Kyttanen
Found in
The Brothers War MTGO Redemption Foil · The Brothers War MTGO Redemption · 4 more
Printings1
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyNot legal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
Tap up to two target artifacts and/or creatures. Put two stun counters on each of them. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)
Market · per finishspark updated 6h ago · prices as of 2026-07-14
Nonfoil+0.0%
$0.17
$0.01 low$0.00 gap
Foil+4.8%
$0.22
$0.01 low-$0.07 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.17· across 1 printing

Rulings

8 · latest Oct 14, 2022 · one tap opens all
  • WotCOct 14, 2022

    Abilities that trigger when a permanent "becomes untapped" won't trigger if a stun counter is removed instead.

  • WotCOct 14, 2022

    If a permanent has more than one stun counter on it, only one will be removed each time it would become untapped.

  • WotCOct 14, 2022

    If a tapped permanent with a stun counter on it would become untapped, a stun counter will be removed from it instead. This is a replacement effect.

  • WotCOct 14, 2022

    If untapping a permanent is part of a cost (such as that of Halo Fountain's first ability), you may pay that cost by "untapping" a tapped permanent with a stun counter on it. The stun counter will be removed and the creature will remain tapped. However, the cost will still be paid.

  • WotCOct 14, 2022

    On the other hand, if untapping multiple permanents is part of a cost (such as that of Halo Fountain's last two abilities), you can't "untap" the same permanent more than once to pay that cost.

  • WotCOct 14, 2022

    Stun counters are not keyword counters, and they don't cause the permanents they're on to gain any abilities. They won't be affected by effects that cause permanents to lose all abilities.

  • WotCOct 14, 2022

    Stun counters exist independently of the effects that created them. If a permanent has no stun counters on it, it will untap as normal.

  • WotCOct 14, 2022

    Stun counters replace untapping for any reason, including players untapping tapped permanents during their untap steps.