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Thought Prison

five generic manaArtifact

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Imprint — When this artifact enters, you may have target player reveal their hand. If you do, choose a nonland card from it and exile that card.

Whenever a player casts a spell that shares a color or mana value with the exiled card, this artifact deals 2 damage to that player.

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0.20 $

Foil 0.94 $

9 printings

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Thought Prison rulings

  • The second ability triggers only once per spell. If the spell shares both a color and a mana value with the imprinted card, Thought Prison deals 2 damage, not 4.

Thought Prison format legality

Constructed

  • StandardNot legal
  • PioneerNot legal
  • ModernLegal
  • Future StandardNot legal

Eternal

  • LegacyLegal
  • VintageLegal
  • PauperNot legal
  • PremodernNot legal
  • Old SchoolNot legal
  • Penny DreadfulNot legal

Commander

  • CommanderLegal
  • OathbreakerLegal
  • Pauper CommanderNot legal
  • Duel CommanderLegal
  • PreDHLegal

Arena & online

  • HistoricNot legal
  • TimelessNot legal
  • AlchemyNot legal
  • GladiatorNot legal
  • BrawlNot legal
  • Standard BrawlNot legal
  • Competitive BrawlNot legal

Other

  • TLRNot legal

All printings of Thought Prison 9

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