Paralyze
- Mana cost
- {B}
- Type
- Enchantment — Aura
- Set
- Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border #151 (common)
Enchant creature
When this Aura enters, tap enchanted creature.
Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, that player may pay {4}. If the player does, untap the creature.
Paralyze has 15 printings, first in Unlimited Edition (1993). EDHREC ranks it #20,670 among Commander cards. It appears most in Tor Wauki decks (5 on EDHREC). It has 5 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: legal
- modern: not legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Commanders that run Paralyze most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Tor Wauki: 5 decks
- Valentina Allegra de Fontaine: 1 decks
Often played with Paralyze
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : The creature can only be untapped using Paralyze once per turn.
- : Paying the cost is optional.
- : Two Paralyzes are not cumulative. Paying either one will untap the creature.
- : Paralyze can be cast targeting a creature which is already tapped.
- : This is a change from the most recent wording. As was the case in the past, Paralyze itself has the last triggered ability, rather than granting that ability to the enchanted creature.
Printings
- Fifth Edition #185
- Fourth Edition #151
- Summer Magic / Edgar #121
- Revised Edition #121
- Unlimited Edition #120
- Limited Edition Beta #120
- Limited Edition Alpha #119
- Vintage Masters #132
- Masters Edition #80
- 30th Anniversary Edition #116
- 30th Anniversary Edition #413
- Collectors' Edition #120
- Intl. Collectors' Edition #120
- Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border #151
- Foreign Black Border #121