While Forbidding Spirit’s effect is in effect, your opponents can choose not to pay to attack with a creature that attacks “if able.” If there’s no other player or planeswalker to attack, that creature simply doesn’t attack.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #9
Forbidding Spirit
rna·#9·uncommon·nonfoil
Illus. Ryan Yee
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Jan '19
7 yr ago
Value
$0.28+$0 (+21.7%)
30 days high $0.29 · low $0.22
Volatility · high
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #15,743 · Fringe play
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Gameplay
Creature — Spirit Cleric
When this creature enters, until your next turn, creatures can't attack you or planeswalkers you control unless their controller pays {2} for each of those creatures.
"You will respect the dead."
3/3
Legalities
tlrlegal
duellegal
brawllegal
pennylegal
PreDH
Rulings · 4
wotc
wotc
Because it doesn’t modify the characteristics of creatures, Forbidding Spirit’s triggered ability can affect creatures that enter the battlefield after that ability resolves.
wotc
In a Two-Headed Giant game, creatures can attack your teammate and planeswalkers your teammate controls without requiring a mana payment.
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Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Ryan Yee
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