Curtain of Light
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SetSOK
Collector #6
Released2005-06-03
Raritycommon
ArtistChippy
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Curtain of Light

CommonColour IDMV 2
Instant
Cast this spell only during combat after blockers are declared.
Target unblocked attacking creature becomes blocked. (This spell works on creatures that can't be blocked.)
Draw a card.
Card capabilities
Card drawInstant
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)
wotc20 Sept 2013
If a turn has multiple combat phases, this spell can be cast during any of them as long as it’s after the beginning of that phase’s Declare Blockers Step.
wotc1 Jun 2005
Curtain of Light does trigger bushido abilities.
wotc1 Jun 2005
Curtain of Light isn’t particularly effective against creatures with trample. Since the creature with trample has no blocker to assign damage to, all the damage will be assigned to the defending player.
wotc1 Jun 2005
An attacking unblocked creature exists from the time the defending player chooses not to block that creature until the combat phase ends. Curtain of Light doesn’t have any legal targets outside of the combat phase.