Abeyance {1}{W}
Instant
Until end of turn, target player can't cast instant or sorcery spells, and that player can't activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.
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"I'm too modest a wizard to reveal the full extent of my abilities."
—Ertai, wizard adept
—Ertai, wizard adept
Details
- Artist: Thomas Gianni
- Collector Number: bh1sb
- Available only as nonfoil
- Rarity: rare
- Abeyance is on the Reserved List.
- Released: 1998-08-12
- Set: World Championship Decks 1998
- Signature: Brian Hacker
Legalities
- This printing of Abeyance is not legal. The card has other legal printings.
- legal Commander
- legal Duel Commander
- legal Legacy
- legal Mirage Block
- legal Premodern
- legal Vintage
Rulings
- 2004-10-04 Abeyance does not affect abilities which are not activated, such as static abilities and triggered abilities. It also doesn't stop the declaration of attackers or blockers.
- 2004-10-04 Abeyance never prevents mana abilities from being activated.
- 2004-10-04 Abeyance prohibits activated abilities of cards which are not on the battlefield.
- 2008-08-01 This can't be used as a counterspell. It will have no effect on spells which were on the stack when it was cast, nor on those cast in response to it.
Printings
- Oversized League Prizes (rare)
- World Championship Decks 1998 (rare)
- World Championship Decks 1997 (rare)
- Weatherlight (rare)
Card is in preconstructed decks:
Foreign names
- Zurückhaltung
- Suspens
- Quiescenza
- 中断
- Latência
- Supresión