Deserter's Quarters
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Journey into NyxJOU · #160
- Card type
- Artifact
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.04 € · ★ 0.28 € · 0.17 $ · ★ 0.69 $
- Mana value
- 2
- Colour
- Colourless
Card text
You may choose not to untap this artifact during your untap step. , : Tap target creature. It doesn't untap during its controller's untap step for as long as this artifact remains tapped.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PioneerLegal
- 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
- Daniel Ljunggren
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2014-05-02
Flavour text
In Akros, the penalty for running from battle is one night's stay in the Deserter's Quarters.
Rulings
As long as Deserter's Quarters remains tapped, the effect stopping the creature from untapping during its controller's untap step remains even if that creature untaps some other way (for example, with Colossal Heroics).
The activated ability can target any creature, not just one that's untapped.