Icy Blast

set	min	mtgo
-	$ 0.36	0.02 tix

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Name	Icy Blast
Type	Instant
Description	Tap X target creatures. Ferocious — If you control a creature with power 4 or greater, those creatures don't untap during their controllers' next untap steps.
Flavor	"Do not think the sand or the sun will hold back the breath of winter."
Artist	Eric Deschamps
Set	Khans of Tarkir #42
Wallpaper	download
Image	download

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About Icy Blast

Icy Blast, Instant, designed by Eric Deschamps first released in Sep, 2014 in the set Khans of Tarkir Promos and was printed exactly in 2 different ways. It's currently being selled by the minimum price of $ 0.36.

This card, Icy Blast, would be beneficial in a control deck that aims to tap down multiple creatures to stall the opponent's board development. However, there are better alternatives like Cryptic Command, which offers more versatility with additional modes such as counter target spell, return target permanent to its owner's hand, or untap up to two lands. Icy Blast may see play in specific metagames where tapping creatures down is crucial, but in general, Cryptic Command is a more versatile and powerful option for control decks in Magic: the Gathering.

Rules

09/20/14

Ferocious abilities of instants and sorceries that don’t use the word “instead” will provide an additional effect if you control a creature with power 4 or greater as they resolve.

09/20/14

Icy Blast tracks the creature, but not its controller. If the creature changes controllers before its first controller’s next untap step has come around, then it won’t untap during its new controller’s next untap step.

09/20/14

You check if you control a creature with power 4 or greater as Icy Blast resolves. It doesn’t matter if you control such a creature during any of the relevant untap steps.

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