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Vines of the Recluse

InstantGreen mana

Green has printed one-mana combat pumps since the beginning, and most of them do a single job: make a creature bigger for one attack or one block. The untap clause changes what this spell is for. A creature that attacked this turn, or tapped for mana, or tapped to trigger an ability, sits useless on defense the moment combat swings back the other way. Cast this on your own turn and that creature can attack, then stand untapped and ready to block; cast it during your opponent's declare-attackers step and a mana dork or utility creature that was tapped out can suddenly wall an incoming threat. The +1/+2 keeps it alive through a block it was never expected to make, and the reach grant lets it face down an evasive attacker it could not have touched untapped. Read that way, the spell is less a stat bump than a way to recover a creature's defensive availability the same turn you spent it. It is a dense package for one mana, but the discipline is severe: everything expires at end of turn, and the untap only buys anything when the creature was tapped to begin with. Cast it on an already-untapped blocker and the untap does nothing the +1/+2 has not already done, which is what keeps a four-clause effect priced honestly at a single green.

Vines of the Recluse (clu)
CLU · #178common
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Oracle Text

Rules text

Target creature gets +1/+2 and gains reach until end of turn. Untap it. (A creature with reach can block creatures with flying.)
Legalities

Format Status

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