
Abeyance
Instant
Until end of turn, target player can't cast instant or sorcery spells, and that player can't activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.
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Legality
Format | Legality |
Casual | Legal |
Commander / EDH | Legal |
Duel Commander | Legal |
Leviathan | Legal |
Limited | Legal |
Highlander | Legal |
Tiny Leaders | Legal |
Canadian Highlander | Legal |
Oathbreaker | Legal |
Unformat | Legal |
1v1 Commander | Legal |
2019-10-04 | Legal |
Legacy | Legal |
Vintage | Legal |
Custom | Legal |
Abeyance occurrence in decks from the last year
Latest Decks as Commander
Latest Decks
Abeyance Discussion
LitchOubliette on
Commander Staples Cube
3 months ago
Changelog (22/11/2020)
White
- +Abeyance
- +Academy Rector
- +Alseid of Life's Bounty
- +Eldrazi Displacer
- +Emeria's Call Flip
- +Felidar Retreat
- +Generous Gift
- +Giver of Runes
- +Leonin Arbiter
- +Mentor of the Meek
- +Mother of Runes
- +Order of the Sacred Torch
- +Sanctum Prelate
- +Skyclave Apparition
- +Unexpectedly Absent
- -Banisher Priest
- -Benevolent Bodyguard
- -False Dawn
- -Flawless Maneuver
- -Kataki, War's Wage
- -Not Forgotten
- -Oblation
- -Oblivion Ring
- -Parallax Wave
- -Promise of Bunrei
- -Sublime Exhalation
- -Sun Titan
- -Suppression Field
- -Terminus
- -Treasure Hunter
Blue
- +Curiosity
- +Hullbreacher
- +Sea Gate Restoration Flip
- +Submerge
- +Teferi, Master of Time
- +Training Grounds
- -Fact or Fiction
- -Into the Roil
- -Time Spiral
- -Pongify
- -Sleight of Hand
- -Reality Shift
Black
- +Agadeem's Awakening Flip
- +Big Game Hunter
- +Bitterblossom
- +Body Snatcher
- +Cabal Therapist
- +Corpse Dance
- +Feed the Swarm
- +Ophiomancer
- +Opposition Agent
- -Doom Whisperer
- -Exhume
- -Inquisition of Kozilek
- -Jet Medallion
- -Overeager Apprentice
- -Sickening Dreams
- -Sidisi, Undead Vizier
- -Skirge Familiar
- -Street Wraith
Red
- +Avacyn's Judgment
- +Blasphemous Act
- +By Force
- +Desperate Ritual
- +Goblin Cratermaker
- +Goblin Matron
- +Goblin Recruiter
- +Jeska's Will
- +Lightning Bolt
- +Possibility Storm
- +Ricochet Trap
- +Shatterskull Smashing Flip
- +Sneak Attack
- +Sweltering Suns
- +Thunderclap
- -Anje's Ravager
- -Balefire Dragon
- -Bogardan Hellkite
- -Comet Storm
- -Curse of Opulence
- -Daretti, Scrap Savant
- -Dire Fleet Daredevil
- -Dragon Mage
- -Generator Servant
- -Goblin Welder
- -Grapeshot
- -Hellkite Tyrant
- -Impact Tremors
- -Overmaster
- -Pyrokinesis
Green
Multicolored
- +Fiend Artisan
- +Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
- +Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
- +Lurrus of the Dream-Den
- -Memory's Journey
- -Supreme Verdict
- -Teferi, Hero of Dominaria
- -Teferi, Time Raveler
Colorless
- +Aether Vial
- +Altar of Dementia
- +Bag of Holding
- +Damping Sphere
- +Jeweled Lotus
- +Lithoform Engine
- +Mirage Mirror
- +Prophetic Prism
- +Smuggler's Copter
- +Tormod's Crypt
- -Crucible of Worlds
- -Krark-Clan Ironworks
- -Memory Jar
- -Metalworker
- -Mystic Forge
- -Painter's Servant
- -Pithing Needle
- -Relic of Progenitus
- -Strionic Resonator
- -Voltaic Key
Mana Fixing
- +Ash Barrens
- +Branchloft Pathway Flip
- +Brightclimb Pathway Flip
- +Castle Locthwain
- +Clearwater Pathway Flip
- +Cragcrown Pathway Flip
- +Darkwater Catacombs
- +Geier Reach Sanitarium
- +Glimmervoid
- +High Market
- +Mishra's Factory
- +Mossfire Valley
- +Needleverge Pathway Flip
- +Riverglide Pathway Flip
- +Shadowblood Ridge
- +Shivan Gorge
- +Skycloud Expanse
- +Sungrass Prairie
- +Volrath's Stronghold
- -Canopy Vista
- -Cinder Glade
- -Clifftop Retreat
- -Dakmor Salvage
- -Dragonskull Summit
- -Drowned Catacomb
- -Glacial Fortress
- -Hall of Heliod's Generosity
- -Hashep Oasis
- -Hinterland Harbor
- -Isolated Chapel
- -Prairie Stream
- -Riptide Laboratory
- -Rootbound Crag
- -Smoldering Marsh
- -Sulfur Falls
- -Sunken Hollow
- -Waterlogged Grove
- -Woodland Cemetery
SturmMana on
Lieutenant Worf, Set Phasers To Stun.
3 months ago
Apollo_Paladin Thanks for the recommendations! I've only been playing for several months, so I'm still unaware of many of the cards old hands consider no brainers. I'll definitely be using Story Circle. And Silence instead of Abeyance, as the card drawing mechanic can put me at risk of decking myself if I do it too much, and the game goes on too long.
fireball0093 on
Jeanne d'Taxes
5 months ago
Absolutely love it! I've always been one to believe that with the right build, mono-white can be a very powerful foe to go against and gets hated on sadly. (Sorry I'm passionate about white lol.
Abeyance and Angel's Grace are two solid cards I keep in my deck, Abeyance might be fitting in here judging by the vibe.
OdinPlaysGames on
Mangara Stax / Hatebears
7 months ago
DadHumanPraetor - Great suggestions! I threw a couple of those pieces in there that I actually own, but just slipped my mind, I love the idea of imprinting Abeyance on Isochron Scepter, nice way to deal with blue players.
DadHumanPraetor on
Mangara Stax / Hatebears
7 months ago
Alms Collector and Loxodon Gatekeeper and Archangel of Tithes all seem to fit here. Maybe Aurification and by far my favorite white instant is Abeyance
I thing Caged Sun and Gauntlet of Power make sense in this deck, because even if you end up ramping your opponents with the double white mana, you get draw cards if they use it to cast multiple spells.
DadHumanPraetor on
List of EDH counterspells
7 months ago
And Abeyance is another pet card I run because WHITE DOES THE THINGS TOO YOU BLUE JERKS
Spirits on
Kaalia, Mirror Breaker cEDH
9 months ago
Hi DankMagicianD,
Thanks for the comments. Glad you found it informative, which is the goal!
The reason Giver of Runes is excluded is exactly what you noted, cannot give itself protection, so it takes away the ability to block, and then for protection. It also means itself can be removed fairly easily.
In addition, once I have a Mother of Runes in play to protect Kaalia of the Vast or make her unblockable (by a single color), I don't want a duplication of that effect. Imagine a starting hand with 2x Mother of Runes, wouldn't be good.
Mother of Runes is certainly an optional choice as well, a well timed Silence into a haste Kaalia of the Vast can be more effective, and a Silence has better modularity. I like Mother of Runes because it breaks up the CMC for Silence which allows to go 1 turn earlier in some cases. Again it's subjective.
Easily could be subbed out for other synergy cards too, like a Children of Korlis to enable Razaketh, the Foulblooded or Doom Whisperer opening into Infinite win-con lines, or Thassa's Oracle interaction like Abeyance or Hushbringer. Even with Flash (Protean Hulk) banned, Thassa's Oracle + Tainted Pact or Demonic Consultation still require interaction. Evaluate if your losing because Kaalia of the Vast gets target removed, or if your losing because others are winning first, will help you decide if Mother of Runes and/or Giver of Runes is the right choice, or if you need a stronger interaction package like Red Elemental Blast/Pyroblast which I would highly recommend in a dominated format.
If you prefer Giver of Runes because you need the protection from Colorless, she can replace Mother of Runes, if you don't need that, then Mother of Runes has better modularity and protection. If your getting hit with target removal, double up and run both (or a Silence).