“"No! This worked perfectly in the lab!"”
Untimely Malfunction
Card Rules and Details
Card Type: Instant
Mana Cost: {1}{R}
Oracle Rules 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.
Flavor Text: "No! This worked perfectly in the lab!"
Set: Duskmourn: House of Horror (#161), Rarity: Uncommon, Artist: Jarel Threat
Instant
Red
Uncommon
$7.75
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Historical Printings & Sets (1)
1 Languages
Official Rulings (3)
2024-09-20
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.
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