Cursed Totem
- Mana cost
- {2}
- Type
- Artifact
- Set
- Mirage #299 (rare)
- Price
- $10.79 USD
Activated abilities of creatures can't be activated.
Cursed Totem has 4 printings, first in Mirage (1996). EDHREC ranks it #2,689 among Commander cards. It appears most in Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow decks (4,695 on EDHREC). It has 5 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Commanders that run Cursed Totem most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow: 4,695 decks
- Grand Arbiter Augustin IV: 3,520 decks
- Tivit, Seller of Secrets: 3,049 decks
- Deadpool, Trading Card: 2,626 decks
- Talion, the Kindly Lord: 2,144 decks
- Jasmine Boreal of the Seven: 1,711 decks
- Lavinia, Azorius Renegade: 1,446 decks
- Zhulodok, Void Gorger: 1,409 decks
Often played with Cursed Totem
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Activated abilities contain a colon. They're generally written “[Cost]: [Effect].” Some keywords are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text.
- : Cursed Totem doesn't stop players from activating abilities of creature cards that aren't on the battlefield, such as cycling or unearth.
- : Other abilities of creatures, including static abilities and triggered abilities, are unaffected.
- : Cursed Totem stops players from activating mana abilities of creatures.
- : Activated abilities of noncreature permanents that would make them become creatures (such as a Vehicle's crew ability) can still be activated. Once they become creatures, any abilities they have cannot be activated.