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If the tablet is not still on the battlefield when the ability resolves, it is not exiled. The other player still has the choice to pay 10 life, and you still become the owner of their card if they choose not to do so.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #42
Bronze Tablet
atq·#42·rare·nonfoil
Illus. Tom Wänerstrand
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in vault
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for trade
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wishlisted
Mar 1994
32 yr ago
Value
$10.16+$0 (+0.8%)
30 days high $10 · low $10
Volatility · stable
USD$10.16EUR€6.64
NM$10.2
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Gameplay
Artifact
Remove this card from your deck before playing if you're not playing for ante.
This artifact enters tapped.
{4}, {T}: Exile this artifact and target nontoken permanent an opponent owns. That player may pay 10 life. If they do, put this card into its owner's graveyard. Otherwise, that player owns this card and you own the other exiled card.
Legalities
tlrnot legal
duelbanned
brawlnot legal
pennynot legal
PreDHbanned
Rulings · 5
wotc
If using a copy of the Tablet, you must trade the copy card to your opponent just like you would have traded the Tablet.
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You can take control of your opponent's Tablet and in the trade you only have to give them back their Tablet.
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Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Tom Wänerstrand
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