Martial Law
- Mana cost
- {2}{W}{W}
- Type
- Enchantment
- Set
- Return to Ravnica #14 (rare)
- Price
- $0.26 USD
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.)
Martial Law has 1 printing, first in Return to Ravnica (2012). EDHREC ranks it #19,156 among Commander cards. It appears most in Lavinia of the Tenth decks (222 on EDHREC). It has 6 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Commanders that run Martial Law most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Lavinia of the Tenth: 222 decks
- Gwafa Hazid, Profiteer: 194 decks
- Azor, the Lawbringer: 22 decks
- Hixus, Prison Warden: 11 decks
- Matt Murdock, Justice Seeker: 3 decks
- Keleth, Sunmane Familiar: 1 decks
Often played with Martial Law
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : 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.
- : 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.
- : If a noncreature permanent is detained and later turns into a creature, it won’t be able to attack or block.
- : The static abilities of a detained permanent still apply. The triggered abilities of a detained permanent can still trigger.
- : If a permanent’s activated ability is on the stack when that permanent is detained, the ability will be unaffected.
- : 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.