Provoke

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Provoke is a keyword ability on creatures that allows a player to, during his or her attack step, untap a creature the defending player controls and require that creature to block the attacking creature with provoke. The block must still be legal, e.g. a non-flying creature cannot block a flying creature even when Provoke is used on it.

All tournament-legal cards with provoke were first printed in Legions.

From the Comprehensive Rules: 502.29. Provoke 502.29a Provoke is a triggered ability. “Provoke” means “Whenever this creature attacks, you may choose to have target creature defending player controls block this creature this combat if able. If you do, untap that creature.”

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• There's no requirement for the provoked creature to be tapped or to be able to block.
• You can choose not to force the creature to block, in which case it won't untap.
• If the provoked creature becomes tapped before the declare blockers step, it won't be able to block.
• If a creature is provoked by more than one creature, the controller of the provoked creature chooses which one it blocks.
• If the provoked creature has any costs to block, those costs don't have to be paid. If the costs are paid, the provoked creature must block the creature with provoke.

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