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Nowhere to Run

Nowhere to Run

Enchantment

uncommon

Flash When this enchantment enters, target creature an opponent controls gets -3/-3 until end of turn. Creatures your opponents control can be the targets of spells and abilities as though they didn't have hexproof. Ward abilities of those creatures don't trigger.

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Semantic Tags

Flashmechanical

A keyword ability that lets a player play a card any time they could cast an instant. See rule 702.8, “Flash.”

Flash Mattersmechanical

Flash-focused strategy — playing at instant speed for tempo and information advantage.

Hexproofvector

A keyword ability that precludes a permanent or player from being targeted by an opponent. See rule 702.11, “Hexproof.”

Permanentmechanical

A card or token on the battlefield. See rule 110, “Permanents.”

Discourages opponents from attacking you with taxes, penalties, and deterrents.

Protectionmechanical

A keyword ability that provides a range of benefits against objects with a specific quality. See rule 702.16, “Protection.”

Format Legality

commanderlegal
oathbreakerlegal
modernlegal
pioneerlegal
standardlegal
legacylegal
vintagelegal
paupernot legal
historiclegal
explorernot legal
alchemylegal

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Printings (2)

SetRarityTCGplayerCard KingdomCardmarket
Wizards Play Network 2026#1rare···
Duskmourn: House of Horror#111uncommon···

Related Concepts

Flash

A keyword ability that lets a player play a card any time they could cast an instant. See rule 702.8, “Flash.”

Related Rules

106.5

If an ability would produce one or more mana of an undefined type, it produces no mana instead.

106.7

Some abilities produce mana based on the type of mana another permanent or permanents “could produce.” The type of mana a permanent could produce at any time includes any type of mana that an ability of that permanent would produce if the ability were to resolve at that time, taking into account any applicable replacement effects in any possible order. Ignore whether any costs of the ability could or could not be paid. If that permanent wouldn’t produce any mana under these conditions, or no type of mana can be defined this way, there’s no type of mana it could produce.

106.12

To “tap [a permanent] for mana” is to activate a mana ability of that permanent that includes the {T} symbol in its activation cost. See rule 605, “Mana Abilities.”

106.12a

An ability that triggers whenever a permanent “is tapped for mana” or is tapped for mana of a specified type triggers whenever such a mana ability resolves and produces mana or the specified type of mana.

106.12b

A replacement effect that applies if a permanent “is tapped for mana” or tapped for mana of a specific type and/or amount modifies the mana production event while such an ability is resolving and producing mana or the specified type and/or amount of mana.

107.3m

If an object’s enters-the-battlefield triggered ability or replacement effect refers to X, and the spell that became that object as it resolved had a value of X chosen for any of its costs, the value of X for that ability is the same as the value of X for that spell, although the value of X for that permanent is 0. This is an exception to rule 107.3i.

107.5

The tap symbol is {T}. The tap symbol in an activation cost means “Tap this permanent.” A permanent that’s already tapped can’t be tapped again to pay the cost. A creature’s activated ability with the tap symbol in its activation cost can’t be activated unless the creature has been under its controller’s control continuously since their most recent turn began. See rule 302.6.

107.6

The untap symbol is {Q}. The untap symbol in an activation cost means “Untap this permanent.” A permanent that’s already untapped can’t be untapped again to pay the cost. A creature’s activated ability with the untap symbol in its activation cost can’t be activated unless the creature has been under its controller’s control continuously since their most recent turn began. See rule 302.6.

Rulings

2024-09-20

If a spell or ability targeting a creature an opponent controls with a ward ability is on the stack, causing Nowhere to Run to leave the battlefield won't cause that ward ability to trigger.

2024-09-20

If a spell or ability you control targets a creature an opponent controls with hexproof and Nowhere to Run leaves the battlefield while that spell or ability is on the stack, that creature becomes an illegal target for that spell or ability. This includes Nowhere to Run's own triggered ability.

2024-09-20

Ward abilities of creatures your opponents control won't trigger as long as Nowhere to Run is on the battlefield. It doesn't matter whether or not they have hexproof.