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Tentative Connection

{3}{R}

Sorcery

IKOIkoria: Lair of Behemoths#138common
Foil

Lukka was ordered to kill a threat. He chose to make a friend.

Border
black
Frame
2015
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 630
Illustrator
Kieran Yanner
Found in
Ikoria Lair of Behemoths Theme Booster Red · Ikoria Lair of Behemoths MTGO Redemption Foil · 5 more
Printings1
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
PennyLegal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
This spell costs {3} less to cast if you control a creature with menace. Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn.

Plays as: Threaten

Market · per finishspark updated 3h ago · prices as of 2026-07-14
Nonfoil+4.8%
$0.22
$0.01 low$0.00 gap
Foil+8.3%
$0.26
$0.07 low-$0.05 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.22· across 1 printing

Rulings

4 · latest Apr 17, 2020 · one tap opens all
  • WotCApr 17, 2020

    Once you announce that you're casting Tentative Connection, no player may take actions until the spell has been paid for. Notably, opponents can't try to change whether you control a creature with menace.

  • WotCApr 17, 2020

    Tentative Connection can target any creature, even one that you already control or that is already untapped.

  • WotCApr 17, 2020

    Tentative Connection is unaffected if you no longer control a creature with menace after you've cast it. You won't have to pay an additional {3}.

  • WotCApr 17, 2020

    To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions (such as that of Tentative Connection). The mana value of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.