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Prison Term

Magic: The GatheringThe List#SHM-18

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Card type: Enchantment — Aura
Rarity: Uncommon
Indicative price: 0.25 € · 0.22 $
Mana value: 3
Colour: White

Card text

Enchant creature Enchanted creature can't attack or block, and its activated abilities can't be activated. Whenever a creature an opponent controls enters, you may attach this Aura to that creature.

Format legality

CommanderLegal
DuelLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
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: Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai
Card language: English
Release date: 2020-09-26

Flavour text

Clear out the cell. Bring in the next prisoner.

Rulings

2008-05-01

The last ability works only if Prison Term is already on the battlefield. You may move it from the creature it's currently enchanting onto the new creature.

2016-06-08

Activated abilities contain a colon. They're generally written "[Cost]: [Effect]." Some keywords are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text.