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Invoke the Winds

Sorcery1 generic manaBlue manaBlue manaBlue manaBlue mana

Threaten effects live in red, where the standard bargain is a permanent for a turn, at end of which the stolen thing goes home. This one strips that clause entirely: gain control of an artifact or creature, keep it permanently, and untap it. The theft is priced not in mana value (five is unremarkable) but in color commitment, the Blue manaBlue manaBlue manaBlue mana demanding a devout blue base to unlock it. Permanent control-change has always been blue's beat: Control Magic, Steal Artifact, Blatant Thievery, the whole aura-and-sorcery tradition of taking a thing and simply keeping it. What sets this one apart from the classic control-magic auras is that there is no enchantment left on the battlefield to answer; kill the aura and the target snaps home, but a resolved sorcery leaves nothing to disenchant. The untap rider is quieter than it looks: it does not grant haste, so a stolen creature is summoning-sick and cannot attack or use tap abilities the turn it changes hands. What the untap buys is defense and availability, freeing a tapped blocker to guard your side, or readying an artifact whose relevant ability is not tap-gated. What balances the card is the sorcery speed and the quadruple-blue tax, not any leash on how long you keep the target. You pay full devotion up front, and in exchange the thing is simply yours.

Invoke the Winds (prm)
PRM · #97931rare
Pricing
Normal: $0.63
Foil: $0.93
Oracle Text

Rules text

Gain control of target artifact or creature. Untap it.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
N/A
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
N/A
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
Legal
Penny Dreadful
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
N/A
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