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.

Tournament-legal cards with provoke were first printed in Legions.

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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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