Such graceful flavor wrapped up in a 2U package! The art, the flavor text, the abilities... So elegant!
ninjaboy05
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(4 votes)
I do like the concept of forcing blocks. It is a green thing but I would say that blue would be second in it.
MisterAction
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(5 votes)
Blue and green share shroud, card-draw, flash, and now forced blocking...
Remind me again why they're enemy colors?
chainsmoker
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(4 votes)
i miss "provoke"
LordOfTheFlies87
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(5 votes)
@ MisterAction.
Philosophical reasons. Mechanics aside, blue and green have totally different approaches to "Magic".
TheBjarke
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
When using this card, can I target enemy tapped creatures during my own turn (trying to force them to attack)? The reason for doing this would be, if the enemy counters the first ability targeting one of his creatures. I realize that they will not in fact attack, but I want it to count as a targeting ability.
DomaDragoon
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(10 votes)
So the girl in the mask says everyone attacks, and it turns into a ballroom blitz?
myztikrice
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
@TheBjarke
No, since they are tapped they are unable to attack and cannot be targeted with Courtly Provocateur's ability. You also can only do one or the other. You can't make one creature attack and another block unless you have two of these out.
Connectionist
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
@myztikrice and @TheBjarke
Actually, you can target a tapped creature with either ability; the creature just won't be able to attack/block if it is unable to do so when attackers/blockers are declared for that turn. So although targeting a creature that already can't attack/block this turn would not do anything on its own, it can be used as an effective way to kill illusions like Phantom Beast or to get around Kira, Great Glass-Spinner's ability, which is what I assume TheBjarke was thinking about.
Lotsofpoopy
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
No more races with this card around. I use it to pick off their creatures one by one.
TheWrathofShane
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Sweet card.
Equinox523
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Excellent flavor and an extremely blue card. Oddly enough this is actually quite good against its own color, which has a lot of utility creatures. Quite an effective way of forcing enemy creatures into your deathtouchers or creatures with infect, or forcing an enemy into unfavorable suicide charges. Plus humiliating them by inducing their deaths with a lady in a dainty blue dress.
Augustin_V
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
My absolute least favorite card ever, purely for flavor reasons. The first ability is unambiguously red, the second is unambiguously green. There's nothing blue about this card, and it's the worst kind of color pie violation: the kind that gives a (historically) strong color access to its enemy's weapons.
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Remind me again why they're enemy colors?
Philosophical reasons. Mechanics aside, blue and green have totally different approaches to "Magic".
The reason for doing this would be, if the enemy counters the first ability targeting one of his creatures. I realize that they will not in fact attack, but I want it to count as a targeting ability.
No, since they are tapped they are unable to attack and cannot be targeted with Courtly Provocateur's ability. You also can only do one or the other. You can't make one creature attack and another block unless you have two of these out.
Actually, you can target a tapped creature with either ability; the creature just won't be able to attack/block if it is unable to do so when attackers/blockers are declared for that turn. So although targeting a creature that already can't attack/block this turn would not do anything on its own, it can be used as an effective way to kill illusions like Phantom Beast or to get around Kira, Great Glass-Spinner's ability, which is what I assume TheBjarke was thinking about.