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.
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.
If a permanent’s activated ability is on the stack when that permanent is detained, the ability will be unaffected.
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This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from RTR — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.
Card #6 of *Return to Ravnica*, the set that shipped alongside the October 2012 Return to Ravnica release.
Card type: Creature — Human Wizard, color identity white, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {2}{W}{W} (4 converted). Keyword abilities: Detain.
Legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.
EDHrec ranks this card #20,492 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Chris Rahn. Rarix catalogs 1,209 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Chris Rahn
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If a noncreature permanent is detained and later turns into a creature, it won’t be able to attack or block.
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.
The static abilities of a detained permanent still apply. The triggered abilities of a detained permanent can still trigger.
The two creatures can be controlled by the same opponent or by different opponents.
