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Martial Law

Return to Ravnica • #14 • rare
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Martial Law

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Live Value $0.27
Foil Multiplier: 1.26x
Reprint Profile:
Never Reprinted MINIMAL

Never reprinted since its original release.

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Rarity
rare
Set Origin
Daily Shift
0.00%
EDHREC Rank
#18,931
Mana Cost
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Oracle Data

Card Type Enchantment
Color Identity White
🖋️ Curator's Notes
At the beginning of your upkeep, 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.)

""The good of society matters much more than the inconvenience of a few." —Agmand Sarv, Azorius hussar"

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Official Judge Precedents

6 Precedents

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.

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.

If a noncreature permanent is detained and later turns into a creature, it won’t be able to attack or block.

The static abilities of a detained permanent still apply. The triggered abilities of a detained permanent can still trigger.

If a permanent’s activated ability is on the stack when that permanent is detained, the ability will be unaffected.

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.

📜 Technical Attributes
Release Date: 2012-10-05
Artist Reference: Tyler Jacobson
Border Profile: black
✨ Variants & Finishes
Available Finishes Standard • Traditional Foil
Promo Status NO
Edition Status Original Printing

Sanctioned Formats

standard not_legal
modern legal
legacy legal
commander legal
pioneer legal
pauper not_legal
vintage legal
brawl not_legal
explorer not_legal
penny legal
predh not_legal
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