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Dead Before Sunrise

Dead Before Sunrise

Instant

rare

Until end of turn, outlaw creatures you control get +1/+0 and gain ": This creature deals damage equal to its power to target creature." (Assassins, Mercenaries, Pirates, Rogues, and Warlocks are outlaws.)

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Semantic Tags

Anthemmechanical

A permanent that gives a static power/toughness boost to your creatures.

Enablervector

A card that makes a strategy possible or consistent without being the payoff itself.

Mana Sinkmechanical

A permanent with a repeatable activated ability that converts excess mana into value.

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

Power Mattersmechanical

Cares about power of creatures — Fling effects, power-based draw, Xenagos strategies.

Tribalmechanical

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

Format Legality

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

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Printings (2)

SetRarityTCGplayerCard KingdomCardmarket
Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander#26rare···
Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander#62rare···

Rulings

2024-04-12

If an ability refers to an outlaw or whether a player controls an outlaw, it’s referring only to permanents with one or more of the creature types specified above. Notably, it’s not referring to any spell or card not on the battlefield. However, other abilities may refer to an “outlaw spell” or “outlaw card” in a zone other than the battlefield. Those abilities refer to spells and cards with one or more of the specified creature types.

2024-04-12

If a creature leaves the battlefield while the ability granted to it by Dead Before Sunrise is still on the stack, use that creature’s power as it last existed on the battlefield to determine how much damage to deal.

2024-04-12

A card, spell, or permanent is an outlaw if it has the Assassin, Mercenary, Pirate, Rogue, or Warlock creature type. It doesn’t matter if it has more than one of those creature types; as long as it has at least one, it’s an outlaw.

2024-04-12

Outlaw is not a creature type. If an effect asks you to choose a creature type, you can’t choose outlaw.