Standstill
Mystery Booster 2 172 • uncommon
- Set
- Mystery Booster 2
- Collector number
- 172
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Heather Hudson
- Market price
- $2.26
What it does
When a player casts a spell, sacrifice this enchantment. If you do, each of that player's opponents draws three cards.
"Take your time."
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Standstill originally debuted in the 2001 Odyssey expansion, conceptualized during a period of Magic: The Gathering history that favored reactive, control-oriented strategies. The card was designed as a blue enchantment that forces a mechanical stalemate, rewarding the player who can wait for their opponent to commit resources to the board first, which perfectly encapsulated the tactical depth the design team sought for blue-aligned decks.
This version of the card, featured in Mystery Booster 2, maintains the original evocative illustration by Heather Hudson. Her work on this piece captures a sense of quiet, atmospheric tension that complements the card's function, grounding the abstract rules in a narrative of hesitation and impending conflict. Like many cards included in the Mystery Booster series, its reappearance serves as a tribute to impactful historical designs that have left a lasting impression on the competitive landscape.
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