Paralyze
Limited Edition Alpha 119 • common
- Set
- Limited Edition Alpha
- Collector number
- 119
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- black mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Anson Maddocks
- Market price
- $29.31
What it does
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 generic mana. If the player does, untap the creature.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Paralyze was released in 1993 as part of Limited Edition Alpha, the inaugural print run of Magic: The Gathering. Designed by Richard Garfield and published by Wizards of the Coast, the game was conceived as a portable, strategic card game that could be played quickly between rounds of larger tabletop sessions. The Alpha set served as the foundation for the game's mechanics, establishing the color pie and the fundamental rules that would define the trading card game genre for decades to come.
The card features artwork by Sandra Everingham, whose contributions to the early set helped define the visual language of the game. Her illustration for Paralyze depicts the constrictive, magical binding of a creature, aligning with the card's mechanical function of tapping a target and preventing it from untapping. While Paralyze itself is a common card, it remains a notable relic from the game's earliest days, representing the artistic and mechanical experimentation that took place during the production of the 2.6 million cards printed for the Alpha release.
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