The ability only applies to blocks declared after it resolves. It will not add costs to any blockers already announced.
War Cadence
You can choose X=0. This doesn’t have an effect most of the time, but it does mean that creatures can’t block unless the controller chooses to pay the cost (a cost of zero is not automatically paid). You can use this to make your creatures unable to block an attacker.
Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.88. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.06 and $0.88 across 54 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from C13 — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.
Card #128 of *Commander 2013*, the set that shipped alongside the November 2013 Commander 2013 release.
Card type: Enchantment, color identity red, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {2}{R} (3 converted).
Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.
EDHrec ranks this card #11,840 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by John Matson. Rarix catalogs 294 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. John Matson
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