Tax Collector
Market price
- Near Mint
- $5.57
- Lightly Played
- $2.42
- Moderately Played
- $1.23
- Near Mint
- $5.57
- Lightly Played
- $2.42
- Moderately Played
- $1.23
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When this creature enters, choose one —
• Tax — Until your next turn, spells your opponents cast cost 
more to cast.
• Arrest — Detain target creature an opponent controls.
“Few things in this world are as certain.”
2/2
Illustrated by Miklós Ligeti
Rulings (6)
Jul 5, 2024
Activated abilities include a colon and are written in the form "[cost]: [effect]." No one can activate any activated abilities, including mana abilities, of a detained permanent.
Jul 5, 2024
If a creature is already attacking or blocking when it's detained, it won't be removed from combat. It will continue to attack or block.
Jul 5, 2024
If a noncreature permanent is detained and later turns into a creature, it won't be able to attack or block.
Jul 5, 2024
If a permanent's activated ability is on the stack when that permanent is detained, the ability will be unaffected.
Jul 5, 2024
The static abilities of a detained permanent still apply. The triggered abilities of a detained permanent can still trigger.
Jul 5, 2024
When a player leaves a multiplayer game, any continuous effects with durations that last until that player's next turn or until a specific point in that turn (such as the effect of being detained) will last until that turn would have begun. They neither expire immediately nor last indefinitely.
