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Magic: The GatheringArchenemy Schemes#38★

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Magic: The Gathering

Archenemy SchemesOARC · #38★
Card type
Scheme
Rarity
Common
Indicative price
0.55 € · 3.27 $
Mana value
0
Colour
Colourless

Card text

When you set this scheme in motion, for each opponent, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token that attacks that player each combat if able.

Format legality

Legality is not available in the catalogue.

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
Steve Prescott
Card language
English
Release date
2010-06-18

Flavour text

"Don't come back until you've got brains in your teeth."

Rulings

Each of these Zombies must attack its designated player, not a planeswalker that player controls.

For each Zombie token you put onto the battlefield this way, make sure it’s clear who its designated player is. A token’s designated player won’t change for the rest of the game.

If one of these Zombies can’t attack its designated player during any given turn (because that player has left the game, due to a spell or ability such as Chronomantic Escape, or because a player on the opposing team has gained control of it, for example), it may attack another player, attack a planeswalker an opponent controls, or not attack at all. If there’s a cost with having that creature attack its designated player, you aren’t forced to pay that cost, so it may attack another player, attack a planeswalker an opponent controls, or not attack at all.

If there are multiple combat phases in a turn, each of these Zombies must attack its designated player in each of them that it’s able to.

If, during your declare attackers step, one of these Zombies is tapped or is affected by a spell or ability that says it can’t attack, then it doesn’t attack. If there’s a cost associated with having that creature attack, you aren’t forced to pay that cost, so it doesn’t have to attack in that case either.

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