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Nowhere to Run

Enchantment1 generic manaBlack mana

The interesting move here isn't the -3/-3, which is a fine flash-speed answer to most early creatures on its own. It's the second half: a persistent clause that switches off both hexproof and ward on every creature your opponent controls, for as long as the enchantment sits on the battlefield. Removal spells that care about evasion have usually paid for it once, at the moment of casting, and then evaporated. This one leaves the door open. The kill trigger clears an immediate threat, and the enclosure stays behind, so every subsequent spell and ability you point at those creatures lands as though those defensive keywords were never printed. That reframes the card from a one-shot answer into a standing license. The distinction between hexproof and ward matters to how completely it does the job: hexproof is turned off by making the creatures legal targets "as though they didn't have hexproof," while ward is neutralized by suppressing the trigger outright, so no tax, no counter, no life payment fires. Two different rules problems, solved by two different clauses in the same sentence. The result is a piece of interaction that punishes the entire category of "you can't touch my threats" strategies rather than a single creature, and the flash timing lets it ambush a protected attacker mid-combat while the ongoing effect quietly disarms whatever the opponent commits next.

Nowhere to Run (pw26)
PW26 · #1rare
Pricing
Normal: $0.83
Foil: $5.27
Oracle Text

Rules text

Flash When this enchantment enters, target creature an opponent controls gets -3/-3 until end of turn. Creatures your opponents control can be the targets of spells and abilities as though they didn't have hexproof. Ward abilities of those creatures don't trigger.
Legalities

Format Status

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

Other printings

1 set
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