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Paralyzing Grasp
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Magic: The Gathering
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ZendikarZEN · #58
- Card type
- Enchantment — Aura
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.03 € · ★ 0.12 € · 0.07 $ · ★ 0.22 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Colour
- Blue
Card text
Enchant creature Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PennyLegal
- PioneerLegal
- PredhLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Izzy
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2009-10-02
Flavour text
The Halimar Sea Caves are both the breeding ground of giant squids and the dumping ground of hardened criminals.
Rulings
Paralyzing Grasp may target, and may enchant, an untapped creature. If it does, it will have no effect unless that creature becomes tapped somehow.
The enchanted creature can still be untapped by a spell or ability at other times.
