Icy Blast
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Khans of Tarkir PromosPKTK · #42s
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- ★ 1.27 € · ★ 2.71 $
- Mana value
- 1
- Colour
- Blue
Card text
Tap X target creatures. Ferocious — If you control a creature with power 4 or greater, those creatures don't untap during their controllers' next untap steps.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PioneerLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
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Printing information
- Illustrator
- Eric Deschamps
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2014-09-26
Flavour text
"Do not think the sand or the sun will hold back the breath of winter."
Rulings
Ferocious abilities of instants and sorceries that don’t use the word “instead” will provide an additional effect if you control a creature with power 4 or greater as they resolve.
Icy Blast can target a creature that’s already tapped. It still won’t untap during its controller’s next untap step.
Icy Blast tracks the creature, but not its controller. If the creature changes controllers before its first controller’s next untap step has come around, then it won’t untap during its new controller’s next untap step.
Some ferocious abilities that appear on instants and sorceries use the word “instead.” These spells have an upgraded effect if you control a creature with power 4 or greater as they resolve. For these, you only get the upgraded effect, not both effects.
You check if you control a creature with power 4 or greater as Icy Blast resolves. It doesn’t matter if you control such a creature during any of the relevant untap steps.
