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capital offense

{2}{B}{B}

instant

USTUnstable#52common
Foil

part basket case, all lowercase.

Border
silver
Frame
2015
Pull rate
~1 in 8–402
Illustrator
Matt Dixon
Found in
Unstable Booster Pack
Printings1
CommanderNot legalModernNot legalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderNot legal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelNot legal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyNot legal
ModernNot legal
OathbreakerNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyNot legal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageNot legal
target creature gets -x/-x until end of turn, where x is the number of times a capital letter appears in its rules text. (ignore reminder text and flavor text.)
Market · per finishspark updated 7h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil-7.1%
$0.13
$0.01 low$0.00 gap
Foil+0.0%
$0.32
$0.20 low$0.12 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.13· across 1 printing

Rulings

2 · latest Jan 19, 2018 · one tap opens all
  • WotCJan 19, 2018

    ability words are part of the creature’s rules text. any capital letters an ability word has will count.

  • WotCJan 19, 2018

    all capital letters in the target creature’s rules text count, not just the ones in the first word of each sentence.

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