Abeyance 
Instant
"I'm too modest a wizard to reveal the full extent of my abilities." —Ertai, wizard adept
Artist:
Thomas GianniShare:
Text:
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.Draw a card.
Rulings:
- 10/4/2004 Abeyance prohibits activated abilities of cards which are not on the battlefield.
- 10/4/2004 Abeyance never prevents mana abilities from being activated.
- 10/4/2004 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.
- 8/1/2008 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.
Legality:
- standard: Not legal
- future: Not legal
- frontier: Not legal
- modern: Not legal
- legacy: Legal
- pauper: Not legal
- vintage: Legal
- penny: Not legal
- commander: Legal
- 1v1: Legal
- duel: Legal
- brawl: Not legal
- oldschool: Not legal
- historic: Not legal
- pioneer: Not legal
- gladiator: Not legal
- premodern: Legal
- historicbrawl: Not legal
- paupercommander: Not legal
- alchemy: Not legal
- explorer: Not legal
- predh: Legal
- oathbreaker: Legal
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