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Inspire Awe

Instant3 generic manaGreen mana

A Fog with a permission clause, and the permission is keyed to a permanent type rather than to who controls it. The prevention blanks all combat damage except what enchanted creatures and enchantment creatures deal, which means the exemption is symmetric: your Aura-clad attackers punch through, but so do any opposing enchantment creatures or creatures wearing Auras. The card does not care whose side the enchantment is on, only that combat damage is coming from something enchantment-shaped. That is the crucial wrinkle, and it narrows the fantasy considerably. Against a deck that also fields enchantment creatures, this stops being a one-sided blowout and becomes a filter that lets both sides trade while the vanilla bodies stand around. The reward is real only when your board is enchantment-heavy and theirs is not: then you have paid four mana to erase their combat step while yours survives intact. Outside that board, the exception clause does nothing and you are left with an overpriced Fog. The scry 2 is the concession to those turns, smoothing a near-dead card into something that at least digs. The lineage runs through every asymmetric Fog that tried to hang an upside on blanking combat; anchoring that upside to a permanent type rather than a color or keyword is a cleaner hook than most, but it cuts both ways, and the symmetry is exactly what a would-be pilot has to plan around.

Inspire Awe (thb)
THB · #175common
Pricing
Normal: $0.11
Foil: $0.28
Oracle Text

Rules text

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn except combat damage that would be dealt by enchanted creatures and enchantment creatures. Scry 2.
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
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
N/A
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