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Untimely Malfunction
Legal
Type line
Instant
Oracle text
Choose one — • Destroy target artifact. • Change the target of target spell or ability with a single target. • One or two target creatures can't block this turn.
Rulings
- The effect of Untimely Malfunction's last mode won't cause creatures that are already blocking to stop blocking.2024-09-20
- You don't choose the new target for the spell or ability targeted with Untimely Malfunction's second mode until Untimely Malfunction resolves. You must change the target if possible. However, you can't change the target to an illegal target. If there are no legal targets to choose from, the target isn't changed. It doesn't matter if the original target has somehow become illegal itself.2024-09-20
- If a spell or ability targets multiple things, you can't target it with Untimely Malfunction's second mode, even if all but one of those targets have become illegal.2024-09-20
Market price
$8.70
Commanders that play this card
Use over time
20 public decks with Untimely Malfunction saved in the last 12 weeks, by the week each was last saved. Approximate: a deck counts in the week it was saved, not every week it held the card.
Jul 27This week
Often played with
Across the 25 public decks that play Untimely Malfunction.
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