---
name: "Pretender's Claim"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Enchantment — Aura"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Enchant"]
set: "MMQ"
set_name: "Mercadian Masques"
collector_number: "151"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt"
oracle_id: "ac285479-46c2-49f3-a7ff-31affe23c21f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/pretenders-claim-mmq"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Pretender's Claim
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Enchantment — Aura
- **Keywords:** Enchant

## Oracle Text
Enchant creature
Whenever enchanted creature becomes blocked, tap all lands defending player controls.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Blight](/printing/blight-6ed.md) — Enchantment — Aura
2. [Awesome Presence](/printing/awesome-presence-all.md) — Enchantment — Aura
3. [Imprison](/printing/imprison-leg.md) — Enchantment — Aura
4. [One Does Not](/printing/one-does-not-unk.md) — Enchantment — Aura
5. [Hostile Realm](/printing/hostile-realm-mor.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Psychic Venom](/printing/psychic-venom-5ed.md) — Enchantment — Aura

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mercadian Masques (MMQ) #151
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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