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Fog on the Barrow-Downs

Enchantment — Aura2 generic manaWhite mana

Pacifism strips the aggression; this goes a step further and rewrites the creature's identity while it does it. The "can't attack or block" clause is the familiar white answer to a threat you cannot kill: leave the body on the battlefield, take it out of combat, move on. What sets this apart from the straight pacification line is the type-change rider, which overwrites the enchanted creature's types entirely and makes it a Spirit. That is not decoration. It is a real strategic axis: tribal payoffs and hosers keyed to the original creature's type stop working (a Goblin that no longer counts as a Goblin, an Elf that has fallen off the Elf anthem), while any card that cares about Spirits, or wants a specific type on your opponent's side, suddenly has a handle. The design turns a removal Aura into a type-editing tool, which is a much rarer thing to find on a three-mana white enchantment. The tradeoff is the one every Aura carries: two-for-one exposure to bounce and blink, and the fact that you have spent a card neutralizing a creature that still sits there. But the neutralization here comes bundled with a type rewrite that most pacification effects never touch, and that clause is the reason to reach for this one over the plainer options.

Fog on the Barrow-Downs (ltr)
LTR · #16common
Pricing
Normal: $0.12
Foil: $0.25
Oracle Text

Rules text

Enchant creature Enchanted creature is a Spirit and can't attack or block. (It loses all other creature types.)
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
N/A
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
Legal
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