Cessation
Urza's Legacy 4 • common
- Set
- Urza's Legacy
- Collector number
- 4
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana white mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Mark Zug
- Market price
- $0.16
What it does
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can't attack.
When this Aura is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return it to its owner's hand.
"The face of Light will shine upon them, and they will know war no more."— *Song of All*, canto 918
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Cessation was released in February 1999 as part of the Urza's Legacy expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Developed as the second set in the Urza's Saga block, the expansion focused heavily on the game's artifact-heavy theme and the complex mechanical interactions associated with the character Urza. The card was designed as an enchantment that provides a persistent tax on creature abilities, reflecting the set's broader design goal of creating cards that manipulate the flow of mana and game pacing.
The artwork for Cessation was created by artist Christopher Rush, a foundational figure in early Magic: The Gathering illustration. Rush’s visual approach for the card aimed to capture the theme of a restrictive, magical dampening field. Upon its release, the card was viewed as a niche control tool, valued by players for its ability to neutralize specific threats in limited formats and niche white-based stall decks, cementing its place as a representative example of 1990s enchantment design.
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