Inaction Injunction

Return to Ravnica (RTR) #41 · Common · Sorcery

Mana cost: {1}{U}

Detain target creature an opponent controls. (Until your next turn, that creature can't attack or block and its activated abilities can't be activated.)
Draw a card.

"To prevent action is to prevent transgression."
—Azorius Arrester motto

Illustrated by Wayne Reynolds · Released October 5, 2012

Prices

Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: up $0.07 USD (70.0%) to $0.17 USD; low $0.10 USD, high $0.17 USD.

Printings

  1. Return to Ravnica #41 (this printing) · Common · 2012 · $0.17 USD

Legality

Rulings

  1. 2013-04-15 · wotc — The static abilities of a detained permanent still apply. The triggered abilities of a detained permanent can still trigger.
  2. 2013-04-15 · wotc — If a permanent’s activated ability is on the stack when that permanent is detained, the ability will be unaffected.
  3. 2013-04-15 · wotc — 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.
  4. 2013-04-15 · wotc — 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.
  5. 2013-04-15 · wotc — 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.
  6. 2013-04-15 · wotc — If a noncreature permanent is detained and later turns into a creature, it won’t be able to attack or block.

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