Abeyance
World Championship Decks 1998 (WC98) #bh1sb · Rare · Instant
Mana cost: {1}{W}
Until end of turn, target player can't cast instant or sorcery spells, and that player can't activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.
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"I'm too modest a wizard to reveal the full extent of my abilities."
—Ertai, wizard adept
Illustrated by Thomas Gianni · Released August 12, 1998 · On the Reserved List
Prices
- Nonfoil: $8.35 USD · €10.26 EUR
Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: up $1.97 USD (30.9%) to $8.35 USD; low $6.38 USD, high $8.35 USD.
Printings
- Oversized League Prizes #78 (OLEP) · Rare · 1999
- World Championship Decks 1998 #bh1sb (this printing) · Rare · 1998 · $8.35 USD
- World Championship Decks 1997 #jk1 (WC97) · Rare · 1997 · $4.55 USD
- Weatherlight #1 (WTH) · Rare · 1997 · $27.82 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: Not legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Not legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 2004-10-04 · wotc — Abeyance does not affect abilities which are not activated, such as static abilities and triggered abilities. It also doesn't stop the declaration of attackers or blockers.
- 2004-10-04 · wotc — Abeyance never prevents mana abilities from being activated.
- 2004-10-04 · wotc — Abeyance prohibits activated abilities of cards which are not on the battlefield.
- 2008-08-01 · wotc — This can't be used as a counterspell. It will have no effect on spells which were on the stack when it was cast, nor on those cast in response to it.
Played in these commander decks
- Heliod, Sun-Crowned · in 9% of 46 decks