Detention Sphere
Current paper retail
Card Kingdom$0.49
Cardmarket€0.20
ManaPool$0.15
TCGplayer$0.22
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Card Kingdom$0.04
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This printing
SetOTP
Collector #43
Released2024-04-19
Rarityrare
ArtistJustine Mara Andersen
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
AttributesBorderless · Reprint
ScryfallOpen ↗

Detention Sphere

RareColour IDMV 3
Enchantment
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.
Card capabilities
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Format legality
Other printings
2 other English printingsEarliest 2012-10-05Newest 2019-02-15Cheapest priced $0.19 in RTR
Rulings (4)
wotc1 Oct 2012
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.
wotc1 Oct 2012
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.
wotc1 Oct 2012
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.
wotc1 Oct 2012
Although the target of the "enters" ability must not be a land, lands with the same name as that permanent will be exiled.
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