Name
Rust
Mana Cost
Type
Instant
Set
Legends
Rarity
Common
Text
Counter target activated ability from an artifact source. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.)
Flavor Text
"How dull it is to pause, to make an end,/ To rust unburnished, not to shine in use,/ As though to breathe were life!"
—Alfred, Lord Tennyson, "Ulysses"
Number
#203
Legal Formats
Commander | Duel | Legacy | Oathbreaker | Old School | Pauper | Pauper Commander | Vintage
Availability
Paper
Rulings
(08/06/2016)
Activated abilities contain a colon. They’re generally written “Cost: Effect.” Some keywords are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text.
(04/10/2004)
Can’t be used on mana abilities because they don’t use the stack. They’ve already resolved by the time you get priority.
Artist
Liz Danforth
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