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Unnerving Assault

{2}{U/R}

Instant

EVEEventide#114uncommon
Foil

The scales of battle rarely balance.

Border
black
Frame
2003
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 1067
Illustrator
Ron Spencer
Found in
Eventide MTGO Redemption Foil · Eventide MTGO Redemption · Eventide Booster Pack
Printings1
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyLegal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Creatures your opponents control get -1/-0 until end of turn if {U} was spent to cast this spell, and creatures you control get +1/+0 until end of turn if {R} was spent to cast this spell. (Do both if {U}{R} was spent.)

Plays as: Combat Trick · Board Wipe

Market · per finishspark updated 10h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+0.0%
$0.10
$0.05 low$0.04 gap
Foil+0.0%
$0.47
$0.24 low$0.16 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.10· across 1 printing

Rulings

5 · latest Aug 1, 2008 · one tap opens all
  • WotCAug 1, 2008

    If a creature changes controllers later in the turn, that won't change how Unnerving Assault affected it.

  • WotCAug 1, 2008

    If the spell is copied, the copy will never have had mana of the stated color paid for it, no matter what colors were spent on the original spell.

  • WotCAug 1, 2008

    The spell cares about what mana was spent to pay its total cost, not just what mana was spent to pay the hybrid part of its cost.

  • WotCAug 1, 2008

    The spell checks on resolution to see if any mana of the stated colors was spent to pay its cost. If so, it doesn't matter how much mana of that color was spent.

  • WotCAug 1, 2008

    Unnerving Assault affects only creatures on the battlefield at the time it resolves. If a creature enters later that turn, it won't be affected.