Card

Grab the Reins

Mana cost {3}{R}

Instant

Choose one — • Until end of turn, you gain control of target creature and it gains haste. • Sacrifice a creature. Grab the Reins deals damage equal to that creature's power to any target. Entwine {2}{R} (Choose both if you pay the entwine cost.)

Part of 4 known combos, 4 of them two-card. 3 official rulings.

Commander
Legal
Printing
Uncommon · MRD · #95
Cheapest printing
€0.15
EDHREC salt
0.47
Color identity
Red
Keywords
Entwine

Scryfall · EDHREC

Bracket

Why

  • Two-card combo with Serra Avatar, Soul of Eternity, Enduring Angel // Angelic Enforcer, Body of Research (early with Serra Avatar, Soul of Eternity, Enduring Angel // Angelic Enforcer)

How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket

Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags

Combos

4 known combos, 4 of them two-card.

Combos: Commander Spellbook

Rulings

  • 2004-12-01 · Wizards of the Coast
    If you cast this with Entwine, you don’t get priority in the middle of resolution. You can’t steal something, do anything (like attack with it), and then sacrifice it.
  • 2004-12-01 · Wizards of the Coast
    If you choose the “sacrifice a creature” mode, you choose the target of the damage on announcement, but don’t choose what to sacrifice until resolution. You must sacrifice a creature when Grab the Reins resolves, even if you don’t want to. If you don’t control any creatures at that time, Grab the Reins deals no damage.
  • 2004-12-01 · Wizards of the Coast
    If you pay the entwine cost, you can sacrifice the creature you gain control of with Grab the Reins.

Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast

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