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Inaction Injunction

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Oracle Printed

Card Name:

Inaction Injunction

Mana Cost:

Mana Value:

Types:

Sorcery

Card Text:

Detain target creature an opponent controls. (Until your next turn, that creature can't attack or block and its activated abilities can't be activated.)

Draw a card.

Flavor Text:

"To prevent action is to prevent transgression."

—Azorius Arrester motto

Watermark:

Azorius

Expansion:

Return to Ravnica

Rarity:

Common

Card Number:

Artist:

Wayne Reynolds

Rulings

4/15/2013	Activated abilities include a colon and are written in the form "[cost]: [effect]." No one can activate any activated abilities, including mana abilities, of a detained permanent.
4/15/2013	The static abilities of a detained permanent still apply. The triggered abilities of a detained permanent can still trigger.
4/15/2013	If a creature is already attacking or blocking when it's detained, it won't be removed from combat. It will continue to attack or block.
4/15/2013	If a permanent's activated ability is on the stack when that permanent is detained, the ability will be unaffected.
4/15/2013	If a noncreature permanent is detained and later turns into a creature, it won't be able to attack or block.
4/15/2013	When a player leaves a multiplayer game, any continuous effects with durations that last until that player's next turn or until a specific point in that turn will last until that turn would have begun. They neither expire immediately nor last indefinitely.