Word of Seizing
Commander 2015 172 • rare
- Set
- Commander 2015
- Collector number
- 172
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana red mana red mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Vance Kovacs
- Market price
- $0.30
What it does
Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.)
Untap target permanent and gain control of it until end of turn. It gains haste until end of turn.
"Obey!"
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Word of Seizing was first introduced to the Magic: The Gathering card game in the 2006 Guildpact expansion, designed to showcase the aggressive, chaotic nature of the Izzet League guild. The card allows a player to temporarily take control of a permanent, reflecting the guild's penchant for impulsive experimentation and intellectual volatility. Mechanically, the card is notable for its split second ability, which prevents opponents from responding with their own spells or abilities, a design choice intended to capture the feeling of an unstoppable, lightning-fast magical surge.
The version released in the 2015 Commander set utilizes the original illustration by Dan Dos Santos. The artwork depicts a figure channeling raw, crackling electrical energy to manipulate their surroundings, leaning into the high-fantasy aesthetic that defined the Ravnica plane. When reprinted for the Commander 2015 decks, the card remained a staple for red-aligned decks due to its versatility in both disrupting complex board states and temporarily leveraging an opponent's resources to achieve a tactical advantage.
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