---
name: "Minister of Impediments"
mana_cost: "{2}{W/U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Human Advisor"
colors: ["U", "W"]
color_identity: ["U", "W"]
keywords: []
set: "DIS"
set_name: "Dissension"
collector_number: "144"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Brian Hagan"
oracle_id: "5a51a0ee-bc81-4c42-bb17-a41cea957d9a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/minister-of-impediments-dis"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Minister of Impediments
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W/U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Advisor
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1

## Oracle Text
({W/U} can be paid with either {W} or {U}.)
{T}: Tap target creature.

> *Quando ti ci vuole un'eternità per imparare le regole, non ti resta il tempo per infrangerle.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Aysen Bureaucrats](/printing/aysen-bureaucrats-me2.md) — Creature — Human Advisor
2. [Azorius Guildmage](/printing/azorius-guildmage-rvr.md) — Creature — Vedalken Wizard
3. [Homarid Shaman](/printing/homarid-shaman-fem.md) — Creature — Homarid Shaman
4. [Stormscape Apprentice](/printing/stormscape-apprentice-inv.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
5. [Opposition](/printing/opposition-mp2.md) — Enchantment
6. [Elite Arrester](/printing/elite-arrester-rna.md) — Creature — Human Soldier

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Dissension (DIS) #144
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Brian Hagan
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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