Detention Sphere
- Mana cost
- {1}{W}{U}
- Type
- Enchantment
- Set
- Breaking News #43 (rare)
- Price
- $0.28 USD
When this enchantment enters, you may exile target nonland permanent not named Detention Sphere and all other permanents with the same name as that permanent.
When this enchantment leaves the battlefield, return the exiled cards to the battlefield under their owner's control.
Detention Sphere has 3 printings, first in Return to Ravnica (2012). EDHREC ranks it #8,561 among Commander cards. It appears most in Brago, King Eternal decks (1,917 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 Detention Sphere most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Brago, King Eternal: 1,917 decks
- Zur the Enchanter: 1,793 decks
- Zedruu the Greathearted: 1,192 decks
- Niv-Mizzet, Guildpact: 275 decks
- Yorion, Sky Nomad: 259 decks
- Lavinia of the Tenth: 123 decks
- Isperia, Supreme Judge: 107 decks
- Geist of Saint Traft: 97 decks
Often played with Detention Sphere
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : The "enters" ability has only one target. The other permanents with that name aren't targeted. For example, a permanent with protection from white will be exiled if it has the same name as the target nonland permanent.
- : If Detention Sphere leaves the battlefield before its "enters" ability has resolved, its leaves-the-battlefield ability will trigger and do nothing. Then the "enters" ability will resolve and exile the targeted nonland permanent and other permanents with that name indefinitely.
- : Although the target of the "enters" ability must not be a land, lands with the same name as that permanent will be exiled.
- : If the target nonland permanent is an illegal target when the "enters" ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. No permanents will be exiled, including those with the same name as the target.