Lyev Decree
Sorcery
Detain up to two target creatures your opponents control. (Until your next turn, those creatures can't attack or block and their activated abilities can't be activated.)
Legalities
- brawl: banned
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- modern: legal
- pauper: legal
- standard: banned
- vintage: legal
- pioneer: legal
Rulings
- 2013-04-15:
Activated abilities include a colon and are written in the form “[cost]: [effect].” No one can activate any activated abilities, including mana abilities, of a detained permanent.
- 2013-04-15:
The static abilities of a detained permanent still apply. The triggered abilities of a detained permanent can still trigger.
- 2013-04-15:
If a creature is already attacking or blocking when it’s detained, it won’t be removed from combat. It will continue to attack or block.
- 2013-04-15:
If a permanent’s activated ability is on the stack when that permanent is detained, the ability will be unaffected.
- 2013-04-15:
If a noncreature permanent is detained and later turns into a creature, it won’t be able to attack or block.
- 2013-04-15:
When a player leaves a multiplayer game, any continuous effects with durations that last until that player’s next turn or until a specific point in that turn will last until that turn would have begun. They neither expire immediately nor last indefinitely.