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Martial Law
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Enchantment

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.)

Illustrated by Tyler Jacobson
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Legalities
Not Legal
standard
Not Legal
historic
Legal
pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Not Legal
pauper
Legal
vintage
Legal
Commander
Not Legal
brawl
Not Legal
alchemy
Rulings
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.
2013-04-15wotc
The static abilities of a detained permanent still apply. The triggered abilities of a detained permanent can still trigger.
2013-04-15wotc
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.
2013-04-15wotc
If a permanent’s activated ability is on the stack when that permanent is detained, the ability will be unaffected.
2013-04-15wotc
If a noncreature permanent is detained and later turns into a creature, it won’t be able to attack or block.
2013-04-15wotc
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.
2013-04-15wotc


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