Clinging Mists
~$0.19 low · ~$0.32 high
Green. Instant
Dark Ascension #109 · Illustrated by Anthony Francisco
Dark Ascension #109 · Illustrated by Anthony FranciscoWhat is Clinging Mists worth?
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Oracle text
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.
Fateful hour — If you have 5 or less life, tap all attacking creatures. Those creatures don't untap during their controller's next untap step.
Format legality
The only printing of Clinging Mists
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Dark Ascension dka #109· 2012common· Cardmarket €0.10 · €0.22 foil | common | $0.19 | $0.32 | €0.10€0.22 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2012
- Printings
- 1
- Mana value
- 3
- EDHREC rank
- #19,033 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Keywords
- Fateful hour
- Artist
- Anthony Francisco
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Dark Ascension card (#109).
109
- 109Collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
Cards from 1998 to mid-2014 print the collector number over the set's card count (like 90/383) next to the copyright line. They have no rarity letter, set code or language code: the set symbol and its colour show the set and rarity.
How to read a Magic card: every part and code, on real cards.
Card breakdown
The parts of Clinging Mists, read from the Dark Ascension printing. How to read any Magic card.
- Name
- Clinging Mists. Rules use the English name in every language.
- Mana cost
- Mana value 3: the total mana in the cost, colors ignored.
- Type line
- Instant is the card type.
- Text box
- What the card does.
- Illustration
- By Anthony Francisco. The art has no effect on the game.
- Set symbol
- Dark Ascension. Black or white means common.
- Collector number
- 109 = collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
- Artist
- Anthony Francisco, after the paintbrush.
- Copyright
- Wizards of the Coast's copyright notice, with the year.
Rulings (2)
2011-01-22
In most cases, attacking creatures will already be tapped. They still won’t untap during their controller’s next untap step.
2011-01-22
Clinging Mists doesn’t track the controller of the attacking creatures. If one of them changes controller before its previous controller’s next untap step, it won’t untap during its new controller’s next untap step.
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