Sudden Spoiling

set	min	mtgo
-	€ 1.67	0.02 tix

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Name	Sudden Spoiling
Type	Instant
Description	Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.) Until end of turn, creatures target player controls lose all abilities and have base power and toughness 0/2.
Artist	Alan Pollack
Set	Time Spiral Remastered #144
Wallpaper	download
Image	download

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About Sudden Spoiling

Sudden Spoiling, Instant, designed by Alan Pollack first released in Oct, 2006 in the set Time Spiral and was printed exactly in 4 different ways. It see play in 1 formats: Commander. It's currently being selled by the minimum price of € 1.67.

A deck that focuses on disrupting opponent's strategies and winning through combat damage would benefit from using Sudden Spoiling. It can be particularly effective against decks that rely heavily on creature abilities or combat tricks. While there may be other cards that offer similar effects, Sudden Spoiling's split second ability makes it unique and difficult for opponents to respond to. It could see play in sideboards or as a one-of in certain metagames where its effect is particularly impactful.

Rules

03/19/21

If the resolution of a triggered ability involves casting a spell, that spell can’t be cast if a spell with split second is on the stack.

03/19/21

Players still get priority while a card with split second is on the stack; their options are just limited to mana abilities and certain special actions.

03/19/21

Split second doesn’t stop triggered abilities from triggering, such as that of Chalice of the Void. If one does, its controller puts it on the stack and chooses targets for it, if any. Those abilities will resolve as normal.

03/19/21

Sudden Spoiling overwrites any effects that set a creature’s power and toughness. Any existing effects or counters that raise, lower, or switch a creature’s power and/or toughness continue to apply to the creature’s newly-set power and toughness.

06/07/13

Casting a spell with split second won’t affect spells and abilities that are already on the stack.

06/07/13

Players still get priority while a card with split second is on the stack.

06/07/13

Split second doesn’t prevent triggered abilities from triggering. If one does, its controller puts it on the stack and chooses targets for it, if any. Those abilities will resolve as normal.

09/25/06

If a creature controlled by the targeted player gains an ability after Sudden Spoiling resolves, it will keep that ability.

09/25/06

Sudden Spoiling doesn’t counter abilities that have already triggered or been activated. In particular, you can’t cast this fast enough to stop a creature’s “At the beginning of your upkeep” or “When this creature enters the battlefield” abilities from triggering.

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