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War Tax - Enchantment

Mercadian Masques · 1999

Market Prices

$1.29median

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Legality

PremodernLEGAL
Full Scryfall Data
Mercadian Masques{2}{U}

War Tax

Enchantment

{X}{U}: This turn, creatures can't attack unless their controller pays {X} for each attacking creature they control.

Printings & Editions

Premodern-legal editions of War Tax — old-border printings plus any period-appropriate foil promos (Arena/Judge, through Scourge). Hover to preview an edition on the card; click to select it.

Old-border editions + pre-Scourge promo foils (Arena/Judge). Modern-frame reprints (8th Edition onward) exist but are not period-appropriate printings.

Critical Rulings

"You can choose X=0. This doesn’t have an effect most of the time, but it does mean that creatures can’t attack unless the controller chooses to pay the cost (a cost of zero is not automatically paid, so the controller can choose to not pay)."

— 2004-10-04

"The ability only applies to attackers declared after it resolves. It will not add costs to any attackers already announced."

— 2004-10-04

"In the Two-Headed Giant format, you still only have to pay once per creature."

— 2007-02-01

Price History

91d · USD
$1.49▲ 49.0%

Tracks this card’s preferred printing: the old-border edition shown by default (block-expansion printings first, e.g. Urza’s, Tempest, Mirage). It doesn’t re-price when you select a different edition above. Per-edition history is planned.

$1.49$1.21$0.93
03/1804/1705/1806/18

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