D'Avenant Healer Time Spiral Divine Congregation

Detainment Spell Detainment Spell English

Enchantment - Aura, W (1)

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature's activated abilities can't be activated.

{1}{W}: Attach Detainment Spell to target creature.

Bind the mind rather than the wrist, and you stop the intent to harm before it starts.

Illus. Darrell Riche

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

  • 9/25/2006: Detainment Spell prevents mana abilities of the enchanted creature from being activated.
  • 9/25/2006: Morph isn't an activated ability, so Detainment Spell doesn't prevent face-down creatures from being able to turn face up.
  • 9/25/2006: Responding to a creature's activated ability being activated by moving Detainment Spell onto that creature won't affect the ability that was just activated.
Printings:
#12 (Darrell Riche)

Editions:
English Time Spiral (Common)

Languages:
German Haftzauber
French Sort de détention
Italian Magia di Detenzione
Spanish Hechizo de retención
Portuguese Mágica de Detenção
Japanese 留置呪文
Simplified Chinese 拘留咒
Russian Тюремное Заклятие


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