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Academic Probation
RareColour IDMV 2
Sorcery — Lesson
Choose one —
• Choose a nonland card name. Opponents can't cast spells with the chosen name until your next turn.
• Choose target nonland permanent. Until your next turn, it can't attack or block, and its activated abilities can't be activated.
Card capabilities
Sorcery
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Primary formats
Eternal formats
Other printings
4 other English printingsEarliest 2021-04-23Newest 2021-05-01Cheapest priced $0.17 in STX
Rulings (8)
wotc16 Apr 2021
Academic Probation is a sorcery, but in some unusual cases it may be cast in response to other spells. Spells with the chosen name that somehow happen to already be on the stack when Academic Probation resolves will not be affected.
wotc16 Apr 2021
Although you may want to include Lessons in your sideboard if you're playing with cards that instruct you to learn, Lesson cards can be included in your main deck like other instant or sorcery cards.
wotc16 Apr 2021
You can name either face of a modal double-faced card, but not both, and you can name either half of a split card, but not both. Opponents may still cast the face or half you didn't name.
wotc16 Apr 2021
For the first mode, no one can cast spells between the time a card is named and the time that Academic Probation's effect starts to apply.
wotc16 Apr 2021
Lesson is a spell subtype found on some instant and sorcery cards in the Strixhaven set. The Lesson subtype has no special rules associated with it.
wotc16 Apr 2021
Although spells with the chosen name can't be cast, a card with that name can still be put onto the battlefield by another effect (if it's a permanent card).
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