Tax Collector
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When this creature enters, choose one —
• Tax — Until your next turn, spells your opponents cast cost {1} more to cast.
• Arrest — Detain target creature an opponent controls. (Until your next turn, that creature can't attack or block and its activated abilities can't be activated.)
What it does
Tagged as Stax — the jobs the deck report counts it toward.
Official rulings
- Activated abilities include a colon and are written in the form “[cost]: [effect].” No one can activate any activated abilities, including mana abilities, of a detained permanent. (2024-07-05)
- If a noncreature permanent is detained and later turns into a creature, it won’t be able to attack or block. (2024-07-05)
- The static abilities of a detained permanent still apply. The triggered abilities of a detained permanent can still trigger. (2024-07-05)
- When a player leaves a multiplayer game, any continuous effects with durations that last until that player’s next turn or until a specific point in that turn (such as the effect of being detained) will last until that turn would have begun. They neither expire immediately nor last indefinitely. (2024-07-05)
- If a creature is already attacking or blocking when it’s detained, it won’t be removed from combat. It will continue to attack or block. (2024-07-05)
- If a permanent’s activated ability is on the stack when that permanent is detained, the ability will be unaffected. (2024-07-05)
Printings & prices
Every set Tax Collector has been printed in, with the art, the finishes and the market price of each — the headline price above is the cheapest of these.
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