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ProvokeHow it works & interactions with other cards

By the ManaCount desk· 2 min read· Tempest Remastered· May 6, 2015
Carte Magic Provoke

Provoke is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.

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Official card text

Untap target creature you don't control. That creature blocks this turn if able. Draw a card.

How it works : Provoke

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

  1. #1· Wizards of the Coast

    You can target an untapped creature.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

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Interactions with other cards

These cards' text mentions Provoke.

Hunter Sliver
Hunter Sliver

All Sliver creatures have provoke. (Whenever a Sliver attacks, its controller may have target creature defending player controls untap and block it if able.)

Goblin Grappler
Goblin Grappler

Provoke (Whenever this creature attacks, you may have target creature defending player controls untap and block it if able.)

Provoke the Trolls
Provoke the Trolls

Provoke the Trolls deals 3 damage to any target. If a creature is dealt damage this way, it gets +5/+0 until end of turn.

Deftblade Elite
Deftblade Elite

Provoke (Whenever this creature attacks, you may have target creature defending player controls untap and block it if able.) {1}{W}: Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by this creature this turn.

Krosan Vorine
Krosan Vorine

Provoke (Whenever this creature attacks, you may have target creature defending player controls untap and block it if able.) This creature can't be blocked by more than one creature.

Feral Throwback
Feral Throwback

Amplify 2 (As this creature enters, put two +1/+1 counters on it for each Beast card you reveal in your hand.) Provoke (Whenever this creature attacks, you may have target creature defending player controls untap and block it if able.)

Brontotherium
Brontotherium

Trample Provoke (Whenever this creature attacks, you may have target creature defending player controls untap and block it if able.)

Crested Craghorn
Crested Craghorn

Haste Provoke (Whenever this creature attacks, you may have target creature defending player controls untap and block it if able.)

Swooping Talon
Swooping Talon

Flying {1}: This creature loses flying until end of turn. Provoke (Whenever this creature attacks, you may have target creature defending player controls untap and block it if able.)

Lowland Tracker
Lowland Tracker

First strike Provoke (Whenever this creature attacks, you may have target creature defending player controls untap and block it if able.)

Greater Morphling
Greater Morphling

{2}: This creature gains your choice of banding, bushido 1, double strike, fear, flying, first strike, haste, landwalk of your choice, protection from a color of your choice, provoke, rampage 1, shadow, or trample until end of turn. {2}: This creature becomes the colors of your choice until end of turn. {2}: This creature becomes the creature type of your choice until end of turn. {2}: This creature's expansion symbol becomes the symbol of your choice until end of turn. {2}: This creature's art becomes by the artist of your choice until end of turn. {2}: This creature gets +2/-2 or -2/+2 until end of turn. {2}: Untap this creature.

Squishy Sphinx Ninja
Squishy Sphinx Ninja

{TK}{TK} — Ward {2} (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {2}.) {TK}{TK}{TK}{TK} — Provoke (Whenever this creature attacks, you may have target creature defending player controls untap and block it if able.) {TK}{TK}{TK} — 5/3 {TK}{TK}{TK}{TK}{TK} — 7/7

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Legal formats

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