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Crippling Fear

Crippling Fear

Sorcery

rare

Choose a creature type. Creatures that aren't of the chosen type get -3/-3 until end of turn.

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Semantic Tags

Cares about casting noncreature spells — magecraft, prowess-adjacent strategies.

Tribalmechanical

Cares about creature types — lords, type-matters effects, and changeling.

Tribalvector

Cares about creature types — lords, type-matters effects, and changeling.

Format Legality

commanderlegal
oathbreakerlegal
modernlegal
pioneerlegal
standardnot legal
legacylegal
vintagelegal
paupernot legal
historiclegal
explorernot legal
alchemynot legal

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Printings (9)

Rulings

2021-02-05

You choose the creature type as Crippling Fear resolves, and then creatures not of that type get -3/-3. Once Crippling Fear starts to resolve, players can't respond to the choice or take any actions until Crippling Fear finishes resolving.

2021-02-05

You must choose an existing creature type, such as Fish or Artificer. You can't choose card types (e.g., artifact) or supertypes (e.g., snow).

2021-02-05

Crippling Fear affects only creatures that aren't of the chosen type that are on the battlefield as it resolves. It won't affect creatures that enter the battlefield later in the turn, regardless of creature type. If a creature changes creature types later in the turn, Crippling Fear won't start or stop affecting that creature.