Abeyance (Weatherlight) - Gatherer - Magic: The Gathering

Abeyance

Community Rating:

Community Rating: 4.466 / 5 (87 votes)

Oracle Printed

Card Name:

Abeyance

Mana Cost:

Mana Value:

Types:

Instant

Card Text:

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.

Draw a card.

Flavor Text:

"I'm too modest a wizard to reveal the full extent of my abilities."

—Ertai, wizard adept

Expansion:

Weatherlight

Rarity:

Rare

Artist:

Thomas Gianni

Rulings

10/4/2004	Abeyance prohibits activated abilities of cards which are not on the battlefield.
10/4/2004	Abeyance never prevents mana abilities from being activated.
10/4/2004	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.
8/1/2008	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.