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'''Lure''' is a non-keyword ability to force opposing creatures to block, named after the card <c>Lure</c>. Lure is mainly found on green creatures and spells.
{{Infobox mechanic
The latest rule from Oracle:
| name2 = Targeted Lure
| icon = MTGA Must-be-blocked.png
| first = Alpha
| last = Doctor Who
| text_type =
| text = All creatures able to block [creature] do so.<br/>Target creature blocks [creature] this turn if able.
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{{stats|Targeted lure|W=2|U=3|R=2|G=13|BG=2|RW=1|RG=1|A=1|state=collapsed}}
| search = able to block
| search2 = Target creature blocks
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The '''lure''' ability, informally named after the eponymous <c>Lure</c> card, is an ability that limits an opponent's options when blocking, such that they are compelled to block any creatures with the ability.


:''all creatures able to block (this creature) do so.''<br>
==History==
This ability has been with ''[[Magic]]'' since ''[[Alpha]]''. It is [[primary]] in [[green]], but [[R&D]] has started scaling back how often it is used. It's done infrequently now, and only at higher rarities because of its impact on [[Limited]].<ref name="Color Pie 2017">{{DailyRef|making-magic/mechanical-color-pie-2017-2017-06-05|Mechanical Color Pie 2017|[[Mark Rosewater]]|June 5, 2017}}</ref>


:''target creature blocks (this creature) this turn if able.''<br>
Two main forms of the ability exist, forcing all creatures able to block ('''"lure"''') or a given target creature to block a creature with the ability ('''"targeted lure"''' or '''"lure limited"'''). [[R&D]] has started occasionally using the latter ability in [[red]].<ref name="Color Pie 2017"/>


Lure can either force opponents to block smaller creatures to larger one or block creatures with lethal abilities ([[deathtouch]], [[venom]]).
The lure ability can be used to force opponents to block smaller creatures to permit larger ones to directly attack them or to block creatures with abilities that would produce a favorable outcome for the attacking player (e.g., [[deathtouch]], [[venom]], [[rampage]]). There was a short time in which it acted as the Limited green interactive piece at common (e.g. {{Card|Hunt Down}}), but it was quickly supplanted with [[Fight]], as even with the liabilities Fight has, the Lure effect had those and many more.


==Cards that related to Lure==
==On cards==
===Lure===
''Creatures''
{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
*<c>Breaker of Armies</c>
*<c>Elvish Bard</c>
*<c>The Foretold Soldier</c>
*<c>Glorfindel, Dauntless Rescuer</c>
*<c>Golgari Decoy</c>
*<c>Holga, Relentless Rager</c>
*<c>Jermane, Pride of the Circus</c>
*<c>Lukamina, Scorpion Form</c>
*<c>Marble Priest</c> ([[wall]]s)
*<c>Mortipede</c>
*<c>Nath's Elite</c>
*<c>Nessian Boar</c>
*<c>Noble Quarry</c>
*<c>Ochran Assassin</c>
*<c>Prized Unicorn</c>
*<c>Riveteers Decoy</c>
*<c>Shinen of Life's Roar</c>
*<c>Stone-Tongue Basilisk</c>
*<c>Talruum Piper</c> (creatures with [[flying]])
*<c>Taunting Elf</c>
*<c>Tempting Licid</c>
*<c>Taunting Arbormage</c>
*<c>Treeshaker Chimera</c>
}}


===Creatures===
''Enchantments''
[[White]]
{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
*<c>Rampant Elephant</c>
*<c>Gift of the Deity</c>
*<c>Indrik Umbra</c>
*<c>Lure</c>
*<c>Noble Quarry</c> (in Aura form)
*<c>Seton's Desire</c>
*<c>Tempting Licid</c> (in Aura form)
}}
 
''Sorceries''
{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
*<c>Armed//Dangerous</c>
*<c>Alluring Scent</c>
*<c>Compelled Duel</c>
*<c>Declare Dominance</c>
*<c>Destined//Lead</c>
*<c>Revenge of the Hunted</c>
*<c>Roar of Challenge</c>
*<c>Taunting Challenge</c>
}}


[[Black]]
''Instants''
*<c>Mortipede</c>
{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
*<c>Bloodscent</c>
*<c>You Look Upon the Tarrasque</c>
}}


[[Red]]
''Artifacts''
*<c>Talruum Piper</c> (creatures with flying)
{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
*<c>Torchling</c>
*<c>Bumper Cars</c>
*<c>Nemesis Mask</c>
}}


[[Green]]
===Targeted Lure===
*<c>Crashing Boars</c>
''Creatures''
*<c>Elvish Bard</c>
{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
*<c>Auriok Siege Sled</c>
*<c>Burning-Tree Bloodscale</c>
*<c>Courtly Provocateur</c>
*<c>Giant Ambush Beetle</c>
*<c>Lineprancers</c>
*<c>Lurking Arynx</c>
*<c>Maraleaf Rider</c>
*<c>Matsu-Tribe Decoy</c>
*<c>Matsu-Tribe Decoy</c>
*<c>Nath's Elite</c>
*<c>Nacatl Hunt-Pride</c>
*<c>Prized Unicorn</c>
*<c>Peema Aether-Seer</c>
*<c>Rampant Elephant</c>
*<c>Rimehorn Aurochs</c>
*<c>Rimehorn Aurochs</c>
*<c>Shinen of Life's Roar</c>
*<c>Sisters of Stone Death</c>
*<c>Stone-Tongue Basilisk</c>
*<c>Tangle Angler</c>
*<c>Tangle Angler</c>
*<c>Taunting Elf</c>
*<c>Torchling</c>
*<c>Tempting Licid</c>
*<c>Trumpeting Armodon</c>
*<c>Trumpeting Armodon</c>
*<c>Turntimber Basilisk</c>
*<c>Turntimber Basilisk</c>
*<c>Vortex Elemental</c>
}}


[[Multicolor]]
''Instants''
*<c>Burning-Tree Bloodscale</c>
{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
*<c>Sisters of Stone Death</c>
*<c>Academic Dispute</c>
*<c>Timely Interference</c>
}}


===Spells===
''Sorceries''
Green
{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
*<c>Alluring Scent</c>
*<c>Blaze of Glory</c>
*<c>Bloodscent</c>
*<c>Culling Mark</c>
*<c>Feral Contest</c>
*<c>Feral Contest</c>
*<c>Hunt Down</c>
*<c>Hunt Down</c>
*<c>Lure</c>
*<c>Mark For Death</c>
*<c>Seton's Desire</c>
*<c>Monstrous Step</c>
*<c>Taunting Challenge</c>
*<c>Provoke</c>
*<c>Tower Above</c>
*<c>Tower Above</c>
}}


Multicolor
''Artifacts''
*<c>Gift of the Deity</c>
{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
 
*<c>Grappling Hook</c>
===Artifacts===
*<c>Magnetic Web</c>
*<c>Nemesis Mask</c>
}}


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Provoke]]
*[[Provoke]]


[[Category:Magic rules]][[Category:Miscellaneous mechanics]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
 
[[Category:Miscellaneous mechanics]]

Latest revision as of 02:14, 3 August 2023

Lure
(Targeted Lure)
[[File:{{#setmainimage:MTGA Must-be-blocked.png}}|70x70px]]
Mechanic
Introduced Alpha
Last used Doctor Who
Text All creatures able to block [creature] do so.
Target creature blocks [creature] this turn if able.
Statistics
39 Lure cards
{C} 2.6% {B} 2.6% {R} 5.1% {G} 66.7% {R/G} 2.6% {G/W} 2.6% {B/G} 10.3% {artifact symbol} 7.7%

25 Targeted lure cards
{W} 8% {U} 12% {R} 8% {G} 52% {R/G} 4% {B/G} 8% {R/W} 4% {artifact symbol} 4%
Scryfall Search
fulloracle:"able to block"
fulloracle:"Target creature blocks"

The lure ability, informally named after the eponymous Lure card, is an ability that limits an opponent's options when blocking, such that they are compelled to block any creatures with the ability.

History

This ability has been with Magic since Alpha. It is primary in green, but R&D has started scaling back how often it is used. It's done infrequently now, and only at higher rarities because of its impact on Limited.[1]

Two main forms of the ability exist, forcing all creatures able to block ("lure") or a given target creature to block a creature with the ability ("targeted lure" or "lure limited"). R&D has started occasionally using the latter ability in red.[1]

The lure ability can be used to force opponents to block smaller creatures to permit larger ones to directly attack them or to block creatures with abilities that would produce a favorable outcome for the attacking player (e.g., deathtouch, venom, rampage). There was a short time in which it acted as the Limited green interactive piece at common (e.g. Hunt Down), but it was quickly supplanted with Fight, as even with the liabilities Fight has, the Lure effect had those and many more.

On cards

Lure

Creatures

Enchantments

Sorceries

Instants

Artifacts

Targeted Lure

Creatures

Instants

Sorceries

Artifacts

See also

References

  1. ↑ a b Mark Rosewater (June 5, 2017). "Mechanical Color Pie 2017". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
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