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Trumpet Blast

Instant2 generic manaRed mana

The pump effect that taxes the attacker more than it ought to: the bonus only sticks to creatures already committed to combat, so the spell pays off exactly when the board is already swung wide and the math is simplest. That conditional is the whole design. An unconditional team buff at this cost would warp every race; restricting the +2/+0 to attackers means the value scales with how many bodies you've thrown forward, and the card does nothing on defense, nothing pre-combat, nothing as a trick to win a one-on-one block. It is a finisher dressed as a combat instant, the kind of effect a wide red or token board cashes out for lethal after the defender has already declared blocks and assigned what they thought was a safe trade. Red has printed many descendants of this template, most of them cheaper or wider, but the core lesson holds: a mass pump is only as dangerous as the board it's pumping, and the attack-only clause is the lever that keeps an otherwise blowout-grade effect honest. Outside of a developed offensive board it is a dead card, and that is by design rather than oversight.

Trumpet Blast (uds)
UDS · #98common
Pricing
Normal: $0.12
Foil: $1.18
Oracle Text

Rules text

Attacking creatures get +2/+0 until end of turn.
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
Legal
PreDH
Legal
Pauper Commander
Legal
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
Legal
Penny Dreadful
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
Legal
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