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Norn's Annex

Norn's Annex

Artifact

rare

( can be paid with either or 2 life.) Creatures can't attack you or planeswalkers you control unless their controller pays for each of those creatures.

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Semantic Tags

Creature Hatemechanical

Punishes or prevents creature-based strategies — makes creatures enter tapped, prevents attacking, taxes creatures.

Punishes or prevents creature-based strategies — makes creatures enter tapped, prevents attacking, taxes creatures.

Mana Dorkvector

Creatures that tap to produce mana. Llanowar Elves, Birds of Paradise, Elvish Mystic.

Permanentmechanical

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

Pillowfortmechanical

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

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

Specifically damages, destroys, or shuts down planeswalkers.

Slows opponents down by taxing actions or restricting what they can do.

Format Legality

commanderlegal
oathbreakerlegal
modernlegal
pioneernot legal
standardnot legal
legacylegal
vintagelegal
paupernot legal
historicnot legal
explorernot legal
alchemynot legal

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Printings (4)

SetRarityTCGplayerCard KingdomCardmarket
Commander Masters#829rare···
Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander#83rare···
The List#NPH-17rare···
New Phyrexia#17rare···

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

2011-06-01

If you control Norn's Annex, your opponents can choose not to attack with a creature with an ability that says it must attack.

2011-06-01

If a player attacks with more than one creature, that player chooses how to pay each cost individually. For example, if you attack with two creatures, you may pay {W} for one cost and 2 life for the other.

2011-06-01

If you're at 1 life or less, you can't pay 2 life.

2011-06-01

Multiple Norn's Annexes controlled by the same player will each impose a cost to attack. Players choose how they pay each cost individually. For example, if a creature you control is attacking a player who controls two Norn's Annexes, you may pay {W} for one cost and 2 life for the other.

2011-06-01

Phyrexian mana is not a new color. Players can't produce Phyrexian mana.

2011-06-01

As you cast a spell or activate an activated ability with one or more Phyrexian mana symbols in its cost, you choose how to pay for each Phyrexian mana symbol at the same time you would choose modes or choose a value for X.

2011-06-01

To calculate the mana value of a card with Phyrexian mana symbols in its cost, count each Phyrexian mana symbol as 1.

2011-06-01

A card with Phyrexian mana symbols in its mana cost is each color that appears in that mana cost, regardless of how that cost may have been paid.

2011-06-01

The controller of each creature attacking you or a planeswalker you control pays either {W} or 2 life as attackers are being declared.