Rust
Legends (LEG) #203 · Common · Instant
Mana cost: {G}
Counter target activated ability from an artifact source. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.)
"How dull it is to pause, to make an end,/ To rust unburnished, not to shine in use,/ As though to breathe were life!"
—Alfred, Lord Tennyson, "Ulysses"
Illustrated by Liz Danforth · Released June 1, 1994
Prices
- Nonfoil: $0.55 USD · €0.82 EUR
Nonfoil price since August 17, 2026: down $0.03 USD (5.2%) to $0.55 USD; low $0.55 USD, high $0.59 USD.
Printings
- Legends #203 (this printing) · Common · 1994 · $0.55 USD
Legality
- Standard: Not legal
- Alchemy: Not legal
- Pioneer: Not legal
- Historic: Not legal
- Modern: Not legal
- Brawl: Not legal
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Not legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Not legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 2004-10-04 · wotc — Can’t be used on mana abilities because they don’t use the stack. They’ve already resolved by the time you get priority.
- 2016-06-08 · wotc — Activated abilities contain a colon. They’re generally written “[Cost]: [Effect].” Some keywords are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text.