Abeyance

Weatherlight • #1 • rare

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Live Value $28.91

Foil Multiplier: Flat Baseline (1.0x)

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Printed 4 times RESERVED LIST (ZERO RISK)

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🗂️ Alternative Printings

WC97 #jk1(R) $4.69

OLEP #78(R) $0.00

WC98 #bh1sb(R) $6.38

Abeyance

Weatherlight • #1 • rare

Current Valuation

$28.91

30-Day Market Trend

Rarity

rare

Set Origin

WTH

Daily Shift

0.00%

EDHREC Rank

#14,354

Mana Cost

Oracle Data

Card Type Instant

Color Identity White

🖋️ Curator's Notes

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.

""I'm too modest a wizard to reveal the full extent of my abilities." —Ertai, wizard adept"

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Official Judge Precedents

4 Precedents

2004-10-04

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

Abeyance never prevents mana abilities from being activated.

2004-10-04

Abeyance prohibits activated abilities of cards which are not on the battlefield.

2008-08-01

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.

📜 Technical Attributes

Release Date: 1997-06-09

Set Name: Weatherlight

Artist Reference: Thomas Gianni

Border Profile: black

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