Prison Term
The List SHM-18 • uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Collector number
- SHM-18
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana white mana white mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai
- Market price
- $0.33
What it does
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can't attack or block, and its activated abilities can't be activated.
Whenever a creature an opponent controls enters, you may attach this Aura to that creature.
Clear out the cell. Bring in the next prisoner.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Prison Term was originally released as part of the Darksteel expansion in 2004, designed as an enchantment for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Mechanically, the card serves as a removal tool, allowing players to exile a creature and prevent it from attacking or blocking, reflecting the thematic concept of a magical incarceration. The card was illustrated by Greg Staples, whose work often captures the grim, high-fantasy aesthetic characteristic of the period's card sets.
The version from 'The List' is a curated re-release designed to bring past cards back into the modern play environment. By including cards like Prison Term in these rotating pools, the developers at Wizards of the Coast provide players with access to older mechanical effects that may not have been printed in standard-legal sets for years. This particular print features the planeswalker symbol in the bottom-left corner, which serves as the visual marker identifying it as a card drawn from the List archives rather than a contemporary set.
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About Prison Term
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