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Icefall Regent
Creature — Dragon
rare
Flying When this creature enters, tap target creature an opponent controls. That creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step for as long as you control this creature. Spells your opponents cast that target this creature cost more to cast.
4/3
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Punishes or prevents creature-based strategies — makes creatures enter tapped, prevents attacking, taxes creatures.
Triggers when a creature or permanent enters the battlefield. Prime blink targets.
Difficult to block or grants evasion. Includes flying, menace, fear, intimidate, shadow, skulk, horsemanship, unblockable effects, and cards that grant these abilities.
Takes extra combat phases for additional attacks and triggers.
A keyword ability that restricts how a creature may be blocked. See rule 702.9, “Flying.”
A card or token on the battlefield. See rule 110, “Permanents.”
Slows opponents down by taxing actions or restricting what they can do.
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Printings (3)
| Set | Rarity | TCGplayer | Card Kingdom | Cardmarket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archenemy: Nicol Bolas#24 | rare | · | · | · |
| Dragons of Tarkir#58 | rare | · | · | · |
| Dragons of Tarkir Promos#58s | rare | · | · | · |
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Related Rules
If an ability would produce one or more mana of an undefined type, it produces no mana instead.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Icefall Regent’s triggered ability can target any creature controlled by an opponent, including one that is already tapped. In that case, the creature stays tapped and won’t untap during its controller’s untap step.
If another player gains control of Icefall Regent, the creature will no longer be affected by the ability stopping it from untapping, even if you later regain control of Icefall Regent.
Icefall Regent’s last ability affects all spells cast by your opponents that target it, including Aura spells and spells with multiple targets. It doesn’t affect abilities.
The ability stopping the creature from untapping will continue to apply to it even if the creature changes controllers.