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Captivating Unicorn

Creature — Unicorn4 generic manaWhite mana

Tapping down is not removal, but constellation reframes what a tap can buy. Each enchantment you control that enters points a finger at an opposing creature and shuts it out of a turn: no attack, no block, no crew, no convoke. Chained across a deck built to drop enchantments in sequence, that repeated tap behaves less like a single Pacifism and more like a soft lock, freezing whichever threat matters most on the swing that decides the game. The 4/4 body is nearly beside the point; this is a value engine that happens to attack. The design leans entirely on the constellation shell to justify the rate, and that is the honest cost: the Unicorn is not itself an enchantment, so it never triggers on its own arrival, and it does nothing to a stalled board until another enchantment lands behind it. But in a board full of auras, Sagas, and enchantment creatures entering one after another, it converts tempo-neutral development into a stream of forced taps, each one a partial Sleep aimed at exactly the creature you least want untapped. What separates it from a cast-trigger payoff is that constellation keys off "enters," not "cast," and only off enchantments you control: recurred auras, replayed enchantment creatures, and enchantment tokens all feed the same lock, while a nontoken artifact or a plain creature entering does nothing. Building around that distinction (enchantment permanents, entering, repeatedly) is the whole point.

Captivating Unicorn (thb)
THB · #6common
Pricing
Normal: $0.19
Foil: $0.27
Oracle Text

Rules text

Constellation — Whenever an enchantment you control enters, tap target creature an opponent controls.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
Legal
Brawl
Legal
Historic
Legal
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
Legal
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
N/A
Pauper Commander
Legal
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
Legal
Penny Dreadful
N/A
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
N/A
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