Tectonic Rift magic the gathering card art
Core Set 2020 (m20)
#161common English Foil

Tectonic Rift
3
mountain

Sorcery

Destroy target land. Creatures without flying can't block this turn.

Illustrated by John Avon
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Legalities
Not Legal
standard
Legal
historic
Legal
pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
pauper
Legal
vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
brawl
Not Legal
alchemy
Rulings
If the target land is an illegal target by the time Tectonic Rift tries to resolve, the spell doesn’t resolve. Creatures without flying will be able to block as normal. If the target is legal but not destroyed (most likely because it has indestructible), creatures without flying will be unable to block.
2019-07-12wotc
Because it doesn’t modify the characteristics of creatures, Tectonic Rift can affect creatures that enter the battlefield or lose flying after the spell resolves, and it will stop affecting creatures that gain flying.
2019-07-12wotc


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