Stony Silence
Innistrad (ISD) #36 · Rare · Enchantment
Mana cost: {1}{W}
Activated abilities of artifacts can't be activated.
Let moss grow over gargoyles
—Gavony saying meaning "forget painful memories"
Illustrated by Wayne England · Released September 30, 2011
Prices
- Nonfoil: $1.51 USD · €1.46 EUR
- Foil: $13.05 USD · €12.26 EUR
Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: up $0.12 USD (8.6%) to $1.51 USD; low $1.39 USD, high $1.54 USD.
Printings
- Secret Lair Drop #2554 (SLD) · Rare · 2026 · $2.93 USD
- Mystery Booster 2 #21 (MB2) · Rare · 2024 · $0.49 USD
- Modern Masters 2017 #25 (MM3) · Rare · 2017 · $2.16 USD
- Innistrad #36 (this printing) · Rare · 2011 · $1.51 USD
Legality
- Standard: Not legal
- Alchemy: Not legal
- Pioneer: Not legal
- Historic: Not legal
- Modern: Legal
- Brawl: Not legal
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Not legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Not legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 2017-03-14 · wotc — Activated abilities contain a colon. They're generally written "[Cost]: [Effect]." Some keyword abilities, such as equip, are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text.
- 2017-03-14 · wotc — No abilities of artifacts can be activated, including mana abilities.
- 2017-03-14 · wotc — Stony Silence's ability affects only artifacts on the battlefield. Activated abilities that work in other zones (such as cycling) can still be activated. Triggered abilities (starting with "when," "whenever," or "at") are unaffected.