wotc
Causing a creature to lose swampwalk is useful only during the declare attackers step or earlier. Once the declare blockers step begins, it’s too late to block the creature.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #214
Urborg
DIGITAL ONLY
me3·#214·uncommon·foil
Illus. Bryon Wackwitz
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in vault
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for trade
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wishlisted
Sep '09
17 yr ago
Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #9,010 · Niche pick
Variants
Gameplay
Legendary Land
{T}: Add {B}.
{T}: Target creature loses first strike or swampwalk until end of turn.
"Resignedly beneath the sky/The melancholy waters lie./So blend the turrets and shadows there/That all seem pendulous in air,/While from a proud tower in town/Death looks gigantically down."
—Edgar Allan Poe, "The City in the Sea"
Legalities
tlrlegal
duellegal
brawlnot legal
pennynot legal
PreDH
Rulings · 5
wotc
Urborg’s second ability affects only the first strike ability, not the part of the double strike ability that acts like first strike.
wotc
You choose whether the targeted creature loses first strike or swampwalk as the ability resolves. If the creature has both abilities, it will lose just one of them.
Notes
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Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Bryon Wackwitz
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