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Academic Dispute

Academic Dispute

Instant

Set

Strixhaven: School of Mages (stx)

Rarity

Uncommon

Mana Cost
R
Artist

Manuel Castañón

Oracle Text

Target creature blocks this turn if able. You may have it gain reach until end of turn. Learn. (You may reveal a Lesson card you own from outside the game and put it into your hand, or discard a card to draw a card.)

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Legality

Standard
Not Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pioneer
Legal
Pauper
Not Legal
Brawl
Legal

Rulings (7)

  • Wizards of the Coast
    If you bring a card into the game from outside the game in a Constructed tournament (or a Constructed game played under tournament conditions), you may select only a card from your sideboard. In casual Constructed games, the card comes from your collection.
  • Wizards of the Coast
    If you bring a card into the game from outside the game in a Sealed Deck or Booster Draft event, you may select only a card that is in the card pool that you built your deck from.
  • Wizards of the Coast
    You choose whether you want the creature to gain reach until end of turn as Academic Dispute resolves.
  • Wizards of the Coast
    The controller of the creature chooses which attacking creature that creature blocks.
  • Wizards of the Coast
    If a card is brought into the game from outside the game, it will stay in the game until it ends or until its owner leaves the game, whichever comes first.
  • Wizards of the Coast
    If instructed to learn, you may do nothing. Discarding a card and putting a Lesson card into your hand are both optional.
  • Wizards of the Coast
    The creature blocks only if it's able to do so as the declare blockers step begins. If, at that time, the creature is tapped, it's affected by a spell or ability that says it can't block, or no creatures are attacking its controller or a planeswalker controlled by that player, then it doesn't block. If there's a cost associated with having the creature block, the player isn't forced to pay that cost. If that cost isn't paid, the creature won't block.