Paralyze
Enchantment — Aura
CEDCollectors' Edition#120common
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 1993
- Pull rate
- about 1 per booster
- Illustrator
- Anson Maddocks
- Found in
- Collectors Edition Box
CommanderLegalModernNot legalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
PennyLegal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernLegal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Enchant creature
When this Aura enters, tap enchanted creature.
Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, that player may pay 
. If the player does, untap the creature.
. If the player does, untap the creature.Plays as: Is Aura · Pacifism
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Rulings
5 · latest Sep 16, 2007 · one tap opens all
- WotCSep 16, 2007
This is a change from the most recent wording. As was the case in the past, Paralyze itself has the last triggered ability, rather than granting that ability to the enchanted creature.
- WotCOct 4, 2004
Paralyze can be cast targeting a creature which is already tapped.
- WotCOct 4, 2004
Paying the cost is optional.
- WotCOct 4, 2004
The creature can only be untapped using Paralyze once per turn.
- WotCOct 4, 2004
Two Paralyzes are not cumulative. Paying either one will untap the creature.