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The Pandorica

Legendary Artifact2 generic manaWhite mana

Phasing is a mechanic most cards touch once, briefly, and then release: a permanent that phases out is still owned, still counted, still technically there, but it may as well not exist until it phases back in. This one weaponizes that limbo into a permanent lock. Point the tapped-state ability at another nonland permanent and it phases out with no way home for as long as this stays tapped, and the untap-suppression clause on the front lets you choose, every turn, to keep it tapped forever. The result is exile that never says "exile": no death trigger, no leaves-the-battlefield trigger, no graveyard, no way for the imprisoned permanent to interact until you release it. The sorcery-speed restriction is the price. You cannot spring the trap in response to anything, so a blocker or an active threat has to be handled on your own turn, and the target picks itself back up the instant this untaps or leaves the battlefield, which makes the jailer itself the obvious answer. It is a color-appropriate white removal that respects the color's traditional aversion to permanent destruction: nothing dies, nothing is destroyed, a permanent is simply set aside indefinitely. Flavor and function line up cleanly here, which is more than most licensed-crossover artifacts can claim.

The Pandorica (who)
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Pricing
Normal: $0.31
Foil: $0.56
Oracle Text

Rules text

You may choose not to untap The Pandorica during your untap step. 1 generic manaWhite mana, Tap: Untap another target nonland permanent, then it phases out. It can't phase in for as long as The Pandorica remains tapped. When The Pandorica becomes untapped or leaves the battlefield, that permanent phases in. Activate only as a sorcery.
Legalities

Format Status

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