Droning Bureaucrats
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
GuildpactGPT · #4
- Card type
- Creature — Human Advisor
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.19 € · ★ 0.29 € · 0.16 $ · ★ 0.39 $
- Mana value
- 4
- Power
- 1
- Toughness
- 4
- Colour
- White
Card text
, : Each creature with mana value X can't attack or block this turn.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- 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
- Kev Walker
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2006-02-03
Flavour text
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Rulings
Creature lands and most token creatures have mana value 0. If a creature on the battlefield has in its mana cost, treat X as 0.
Droning Bureaucrats's ability affects all creatures with mana value equal to exactly X, regardless of whether they were on the battlefield at the time the ability resolved. For example, if the ability resolves with an X of 4, then Giant Solifuge is put onto the battlefield, the Solifuge can't attack or block that turn.
If you use Droning Bureaucrats's ability after you have declared attackers but before your opponent declares blockers, the restriction will apply to only your opponent's creatures. Creatures that are already attacking will be unaffected.