Detainment Spell
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature's activated abilities can't be activated.
: Attach Detainment Spell to target creature.
Legalities
- brawl: banned
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- modern: legal
- pauper: legal
- pioneer: banned
- standard: banned
- vintage: legal
Rulings
- 2006-09-25:
Detainment Spell prevents mana abilities of the enchanted creature from being activated.
- 2006-09-25:
Morph isn’t an activated ability, so Detainment Spell doesn’t prevent face-down creatures from being able to turn face up.
- 2006-09-25:
Responding to a creature’s activated ability being activated by moving Detainment Spell onto that creature won’t affect the ability that was just activated.