---
name: "Abeyance"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "WC97"
set_name: "World Championship Decks 1997"
collector_number: "jk1"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Thomas Gianni"
oracle_id: "6300de53-6e71-4f0e-87e1-b0acd25c59a8"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/abeyance-wc97"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Abeyance
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Until end of turn, target player can't cast instant or sorcery spells, and that player can't activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.
Draw a card.

> *"I'm too modest a wizard to reveal the full extent of my abilities."
—Ertai, wizard adept*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Cease-Fire](/printing/cease-fire-ody.md) — Instant
2. [Sphinx's Decree](/printing/sphinxs-decree-rix.md) — Sorcery
3. [Academic Probation](/printing/academic-probation-pstx.md) — Sorcery — Lesson
4. [Silence](/printing/silence-sld.md) — Instant
5. [Grand Abolisher](/printing/grand-abolisher-big.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
6. [Disorienting Glower](/printing/disorienting-glower-tfth.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** World Championship Decks 1997 (WC97) #jk1
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Thomas Gianni
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`