Cornered Market
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Mercadian MasquesMMQ · #14
- Card type
- Enchantment
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 0.50 € · ★ 189.05 € · 0.65 $ · ★ 350.00 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Colour
- White
Card text
Players can't cast spells with the same name as a nontoken permanent. Players can't play nonbasic lands with the same name as a nontoken permanent.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PredhLegal
- PremodernLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Edward P. Beard, Jr.
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 1999-10-04
Flavour text
Don't step on the livelihood of other vendors, or they may step on you. —Mercadian saying
Rulings
Cornered Market does not prevent effects which put a card onto the battlefield. It only stops people from casting.
This card only looks at permanents, not spells on the stack. So it is possible to cast two instances of a spell onto the stack.