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So Shiny

Enchantment — Aura2 generic manaBlue mana

"Doesn't untap" auras are blue's evergreen answer to a creature, the color's version of a lock that works through the untap step rather than through combat restrictions. Waterknot and Claustrophobia are the baseline: cast them on a tapped attacker and the threat stays down. The problem such auras have always had is timing. Play one on an untapped creature and it sits inert while the target blocks freely, waiting for the creature to tap itself into the leash, which means you are betting on your opponent's cooperation. The token clause is the fix. Control a token when this Aura resolves and it taps the enchanted creature on the spot, converting a passive leash into an immediate answer, then hands you scry 2 for meeting the condition. That gating is doing something pointed: the reward only fires when your board already looks like a go-wide board, so the payoff is structured for the aggressor making tokens, not the defender scrambling to answer a threat. Miss the clause and you are back to the classic version, a slow enchantment hoping the target eventually taps into it. The permanent half is still just a leash, not a cage (an untapped creature blocks all day, which is why this is not the clean shutoff Pacifism offers), but the scry-and-tap upside pushes the card toward a deck that is already ahead on the battlefield and wants to press.

So Shiny (j21)
J21 · #252common
Pricing
Normal: $0.11
Foil: $0.27
Oracle Text

Rules text

Enchant creature When this Aura enters, if you control a token, tap enchanted creature, then scry 2. Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.
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
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
Legal
Printings elsewhere

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