Academic Dispute

Format legality

Where you can play Academic Dispute in sanctioned and popular formats.

All printings

Prices range from $0.27 to $0.38 across finishes. Cheapest printing: Strixhaven: School of Mages at $0.27.

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Rulings

Official rulings from Wizards of the Coast (7).

• 2021-04-16The creature blocks only if it's able to do so as the declare blockers step begins. If, at that time, the creature is tapped, it's affected by a spell or ability that says it can't block, or no creatures are attacking its controller or a planeswalker controlled by that player, then it doesn't block. If there's a cost associated with having the creature block, the player isn't forced to pay that cost. If that cost isn't paid, the creature won't block.
• 2021-04-16The controller of the creature chooses which attacking creature that creature blocks.
• 2021-04-16You choose whether you want the creature to gain reach until end of turn as Academic Dispute resolves.
• 2021-04-16If a card is brought into the game from outside the game, it will stay in the game until it ends or until its owner leaves the game, whichever comes first.
• 2021-04-16If you bring a card into the game from outside the game in a Constructed tournament (or a Constructed game played under tournament conditions), you may select only a card from your sideboard. In casual Constructed games, the card comes from your collection.
• 2021-04-16If you bring a card into the game from outside the game in a Sealed Deck or Booster Draft event, you may select only a card that is in the card pool that you built your deck from.
• 2021-04-16If instructed to learn, you may do nothing. Discarding a card and putting a Lesson card into your hand are both optional.

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