capital offense
Unstable (UST) #52 · Common · instant
Mana cost: {2}{B}{B}
target creature gets -x/-x until end of turn, where x is the number of times a capital letter appears in its rules text. (ignore reminder text and flavor text.)
part basket case, all lowercase.
Illustrated by Matt Dixon · Released December 8, 2017
Prices
- Nonfoil: $0.11 USD · €0.11 EUR
- Foil: $0.32 USD · €0.31 EUR
Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: down $0.01 USD (8.3%) to $0.11 USD; low $0.11 USD, high $0.13 USD.
Printings
- Unstable #52 (this printing) · Common · 2017 · $0.11 USD
Legality
- Standard: Not legal
- Alchemy: Not legal
- Pioneer: Not legal
- Historic: Not legal
- Modern: Not legal
- Brawl: Not legal
- Legacy: Not legal
- Timeless: Not legal
- Vintage: Not legal
- Pauper: Not legal
- Commander: Not legal
- Penny: Not legal
- Oathbreaker: Not legal
- Duel: Not legal
Rulings
- 2018-01-19 · wotc — all capital letters in the target creature’s rules text count, not just the ones in the first word of each sentence.
- 2018-01-19 · wotc — ability words are part of the creature’s rules text. any capital letters an ability word has will count.