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Detainment Spell

Card Name

Detainment Spell

Mana Cost

Type

Enchantment – Aura

Rarity

Common

rules Text

Enchant creatureEnchanted creature's activated abilities can't be played.
1
: Attach Detainment Spell to target creature.

Flavor Text

Bind the mind rather than the wrist, and you stop the intent to harm before it starts.

Legal Formats

Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pauper, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Explorer, Historic, Pioneer, Standard

Rulings

(9/25/2006)
Detainment Spell prevents mana abilities of the enchanted creature from being activated.
(9/25/2006)
Morph isn't an activated ability, so Detainment Spell doesn't prevent face-down creatures from being able to turn face up.
(9/25/2006)
Responding to a creature's activated ability being activated by moving Detainment Spell onto that creature won't affect the ability that was just activated.