Once a player announces that they're casting a spell or activating an ability, no player may take other actions until the spell or ability has been paid for. Notably, other players can't try to tap that player's permanents to stop them from paying {T} or to stop them from producing enough mana.
This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from OLEP — 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 #6 of *Oversized League Prizes*, the set that shipped alongside the May 1997 Oversized League Prizes release.
Card type: Artifact, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {4} (4 converted).
Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.
EDHrec ranks this card #10,396 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Douglas Shuler. Rarix catalogs 707 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Douglas Shuler
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