Mystic Barrier
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This printing
SetC13
Collector #18
Released2013-11-01
Rarityrare
ArtistMatt Stewart
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Mystic Barrier

RareColour IDMV 5
Enchantment
When this enchantment enters and at the beginning of your upkeep, choose left or right.
Each player may attack only the nearest opponent in the last chosen direction and planeswalkers controlled by that opponent.
Card capabilities
Enchantment
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
This is the only English printing.
Rulings (4)
wotc17 Oct 2013
Mystic Barrier affects only what players and planeswalkers each player may attack with creatures they control. It doesn’t affect what players may be targeted by spells or abilities or other interactions.
wotc17 Oct 2013
Mystic Barrier doesn’t affect creatures that enter the battlefield attacking.
wotc17 Oct 2013
If two Mystic Barriers are on the battlefield with two different chosen directions, you may not attack a player or planeswalker unless that player or the controller of that planeswalker is the opponent seated nearest you in both directions. (This happens most often in two-player games.)
wotc17 Oct 2013
In some formats, you may need to disregard teammates sitting between you and the opponent seated nearest you in the chosen direction. In formats like Emperor, other rules may prohibit you from attacking that player.