Rust
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- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.93 € · 0.55 $
- Mana value
- 1
- Colour
- Green
Card text
Counter target activated ability from an artifact source. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.)
"How dull it is to pause, to make an end,/ To rust unburnished, not to shine in use,/ As though to breathe were life!" —Alfred, Lord Tennyson, "Ulysses"
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- OldschoolLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PredhLegal
- VintageLegal
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Printing information
- Illustrator
- Liz Danforth
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 1994-06-01
Rulings
Can’t be used on mana abilities because they don’t use the stack. They’ve already resolved by the time you get priority.
Activated abilities contain a colon. They’re generally written “[Cost]: [Effect].” Some keywords are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text.