Abeyance

Abeyance from Weatherlight. Rare MTG card for deck building and Commander. View rules, legality, and compare prices from multiple sellers.

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Commander Legal
Duel Legal
Legacy Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Predh Legal
Premodern Legal
Vintage Legal
Card Set Weatherlight  
Card Type Instant
Rarity   Rare  
Mana Cost
Card Text Until end of turn, target player can't cast instant or sorcery spells, and that player can't activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.
Draw a card.
Flavor Text "I'm too modest a wizard to reveal the full extent of my abilities."
—Ertai, wizard adept
Card Number #1
Artist Thomas Gianni
Card Languages English , French , German , Italian , Japanese , Portuguese (Brazil) , Spanish
Frame Version 1997
Border Color Black
EDHREC Rank 13414
EDHREC Saltiness 0.66
Reprint? No
Is Promo? No
Oversized? No
Joke Card? No
In Starter? No
Time Shifted? No
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Abeyance - 1998 Brian Hacker (WTH) (SB) World Championship Decks Regular

$7.67

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Card Rulings

2004-10-04

Abeyance does not affect abilities which are not activated, such as static abilities and triggered abilities. It also doesn't stop the declaration of attackers or blockers.

2004-10-04

Abeyance never prevents mana abilities from being activated.

2004-10-04

Abeyance prohibits activated abilities of cards which are not on the battlefield.

2008-08-01

This can't be used as a counterspell. It will have no effect on spells which were on the stack when it was cast, nor on those cast in response to it.