Forbidding Spirit
- Mana cost
- {1}{W}{W}
- Type
- Creature — Spirit Cleric
- Power / toughness
- 3 / 3
- Set
- Game Night: Free-for-All #10 (uncommon)
- Price
- $0.14 USD
When this creature enters, until your next turn, creatures can't attack you or planeswalkers you control unless their controller pays {2} for each of those creatures.
Forbidding Spirit has 2 printings, first in Ravnica Allegiance (2019). EDHREC ranks it #16,331 among Commander cards. It appears most in Monk Gyatso decks (497 on EDHREC). It has 4 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Forbidding Spirit most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Monk Gyatso: 497 decks
- Celestial Kirin: 72 decks
- Baird, Steward of Argive: 32 decks
- Oyobi, Who Split the Heavens: 22 decks
- Zamriel, Seraph of Steel: 9 decks
- Hikari, Twilight Guardian: 6 decks
- Dáin, Lord of the Iron Hills: 5 decks
Often played with Forbidding Spirit
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : While Forbidding Spirit’s effect is in effect, your opponents can choose not to pay to attack with a creature that attacks “if able.” If there’s no other player or planeswalker to attack, that creature simply doesn’t attack.
- : Because it doesn’t modify the characteristics of creatures, Forbidding Spirit’s triggered ability can affect creatures that enter the battlefield after that ability resolves.
- : In a Two-Headed Giant game, creatures can attack your teammate and planeswalkers your teammate controls without requiring a mana payment.
- : Forbidding Spirit’s effect continues until your next turn even if Forbidding Spirit leaves the battlefield before then.