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Silence
RareColour IDMV 1
Instant
Your opponents can't cast spells this turn.
Card capabilities
Instant
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Primary formats
Eternal formats
Other printings
12 other English printingsEarliest 2009-07-17Newest 2026-09-14Cheapest priced $7.71 in M11
Rulings (3)
wotc19 Mar 2021
The only thing Silence stops is casting spells. Your opponents can still activate abilities, including abilities of cards in their hands (like cycling). Their triggered abilities work as normal, they can still play lands, and so on.
wotc19 Mar 2021
A player who can't cast a spell can't suspend a card.
wotc19 Mar 2021
Silence won't affect spells that your opponents cast before you cast Silence, including any spells that are still on the stack. Silence also won't stop your opponents from casting spells after you cast Silence but before Silence resolves.
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