---
name: "Irresistible Prey"
mana_cost: "{G}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: []
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: []
set: "JMP"
set_name: "Jumpstart"
collector_number: "406"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Jesper Ejsing"
oracle_id: "cb102767-f8d8-4477-9a24-07686870bda7"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/irresistible-prey-jmp"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Irresistible Prey
- **Mana Cost:** `{G}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Target creature must be blocked this turn if able.
Draw a card.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Hunt Down](/printing/hunt-down-lrw.md) — Sorcery
2. [Culling Mark](/printing/culling-mark-bng.md) — Sorcery
3. [Enter the Enigma](/printing/enter-the-enigma-dsk.md) — Sorcery
4. [Renegade Tactics](/printing/renegade-tactics-cmr.md) — Sorcery
5. [Alluring Scent](/printing/alluring-scent-me4.md) — Sorcery
6. [Stun](/printing/stun-tpr.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Jumpstart (JMP) #406
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Jesper Ejsing

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`

## Official Rulings
- *(2010-06-15)* If the targeted creature is an illegal target by the time Irresistible Prey resolves, the spell doesn’t resolve. You won’t draw a card.
- *(2010-06-15)* If the affected creature attacks, the defending player must assign at least one blocker to it during the declare blockers step, unless that player controls no creatures that could block it.
- *(2010-06-15)* You can target a creature you don’t control or that otherwise couldn’t attack that turn.
- *(2010-06-15)* The creature affected by Irresistible Prey doesn’t have to attack that turn.