Abeyance
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
World Championship Decks 1998WC98 · #bh1sb
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 9.50 € · 8.35 $
- Mana value
- 2
- Colour
- White
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.
Format legality
Legality is not available in the catalogue.
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
- Thomas Gianni
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 1998-08-12
Flavour text
"I'm too modest a wizard to reveal the full extent of my abilities." —Ertai, wizard adept
Rulings
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.
Abeyance never prevents mana abilities from being activated.
Abeyance prohibits activated abilities of cards which are not on the battlefield.
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.
