Name
Cornered Market
Mana Cost
Type
Enchantment
Set
Mercadian Masques
Rarity
Rare
Text
Players can't cast spells with the same name as a nontoken permanent.
Players can't play nonbasic lands with the same name as a nontoken permanent.
Flavor Text
Don't step on the livelihood of other vendors, or they may step on you.
—Mercadian saying
Number
#14
Legal Formats
Commander | Duel | Legacy | Oathbreaker | Premodern | Vintage
Availability
Magic Online | Paper
Rulings
(04/10/2004)
Cornered Market does not prevent effects which put a card onto the battlefield. It only stops people from casting.
(04/10/2004)
This card only looks at permanents, not spells on the stack. So it is possible to cast two instances of a spell onto the stack.
Artist
Edward P. Beard, Jr.
Translations