Detainment Spell
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Time SpiralTSP · #12
- Card type
- Enchantment — Aura
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.14 € · ★ 1.40 € · 0.27 $ · ★ 3.15 $
- Mana value
- 1
- Colour
- White
Card text
Enchant creature Enchanted creature's activated abilities can't be activated. : Attach this Aura to target creature.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PredhLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
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Printing information
- Illustrator
- Darrell Riche
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2006-10-06
Flavour text
Bind the mind rather than the wrist, and you stop the intent to harm before it starts.
Rulings
Detainment Spell prevents mana abilities of the enchanted creature from being activated.
Morph isn't an activated ability, so Detainment Spell doesn't prevent face-down creatures from being able to turn face up.
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.
