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War Tax

{2}{U}

Enchantment

MMQMercadian Masques#113uncommon
Foil

The worst thing about being a depraved pirate is having to work with a bunch of depraved pirates.

Border
black
Frame
1997
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 3667
Illustrator
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt
Found in
Nemesis Theme Deck Breakdown · Mercadian Masques Theme Deck Tidal Mastery · 2 more
Printings1
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
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyNot legal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernLegal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
{X}{U}: This turn, creatures can't attack unless their controller pays {X} for each attacking creature they control.

Plays as: Tax Effect · Token Payoff

Market · per finishspark updated 9h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+0.0%
$1.68
$0.50 low$0.24 gap
Foil+0.0%
$30.08
$13.68 low$2.18 gap
Cheapest playable copy$1.68· across 1 printing

Rulings

3 · latest Feb 1, 2007 · one tap opens all
  • WotCFeb 1, 2007

    In the Two-Headed Giant format, you still only have to pay once per creature.

  • WotCOct 4, 2004

    The ability only applies to attackers declared after it resolves. It will not add costs to any attackers already announced.

  • WotCOct 4, 2004

    You can choose X=0. This doesn’t have an effect most of the time, but it does mean that creatures can’t attack unless the controller chooses to pay the cost (a cost of zero is not automatically paid, so the controller can choose to not pay).

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