Forbidding Spirit
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Ravnica AllegianceRNA · #9
- Card type
- Creature — Spirit Cleric
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.14 € · ★ 0.47 € · 0.22 $ · ★ 0.51 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Power
- 3
- Toughness
- 3
- Colour
- White
Card text
When this creature enters, until your next turn, creatures can't attack you or planeswalkers you control unless their controller pays for each of those creatures.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PioneerLegal
- TimelessLegal
- 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
- Ryan Yee
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2019-01-25
Flavour text
"You will respect the dead."
Rulings
Because it doesn’t modify the characteristics of creatures, Forbidding Spirit’s triggered ability can affect creatures that enter the battlefield after that ability resolves.
Forbidding Spirit’s effect continues until your next turn even if Forbidding Spirit leaves the battlefield before then.
In a Two-Headed Giant game, creatures can attack your teammate and planeswalkers your teammate controls without requiring a mana payment.
While Forbidding Spirit’s effect is in effect, your opponents can choose not to pay to attack with a creature that attacks “if able.” If there’s no other player or planeswalker to attack, that creature simply doesn’t attack.
