Untimely Malfunction
Instant
DSKDuskmourn: House of Horror#161uncommon
"No! This worked perfectly in the lab!"
- Finishes
- Nonfoil · Foil
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 2015
- Pull rate
- about 1 per booster–1 in 313
- Illustrator
- Jarel Threat
- Found in
- Duskmourn House of Horror MTGO Redemption · Duskmourn House of Horror Collector Booster Pack · 2 more
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardLegal
Format legality
Constructed
StandardLegal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal
Commander
CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
Arena
AlchemyLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal
Other
PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
Future StandardLegal
Choose one —
• Destroy target artifact.
• Change the target of target spell or ability with a single target.
• One or two target creatures can't block this turn.
Plays as:
RedirectModal SpellArtifact RemovalSpot Removal
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Rulings
3 · latest Sep 20, 2024
- WotCSep 20, 2024
If a spell or ability targets multiple things, you can't target it with Untimely Malfunction's second mode, even if all but one of those targets have become illegal.
- WotCSep 20, 2024
The effect of Untimely Malfunction's last mode won't cause creatures that are already blocking to stop blocking.
- WotCSep 20, 2024
You don't choose the new target for the spell or ability targeted with Untimely Malfunction's second mode until Untimely Malfunction resolves. You must change the target if possible. However, you can't change the target to an illegal target. If there are no legal targets to choose from, the target isn't changed. It doesn't matter if the original target has somehow become illegal itself.