---
name: "Academic Probation"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery — Lesson"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "PSTX"
set_name: "Strixhaven: School of Mages Promos"
collector_number: "7p"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Cristi Balanescu"
oracle_id: "400b2e17-ee48-4e22-a8a6-a607c215d1a2"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/academic-probation-pstx"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Academic Probation
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery — Lesson

## Oracle Text
Choose one —
• Choose a nonland card name. Opponents can't cast spells with the chosen name until your next turn.
• Choose target nonland permanent. Until your next turn, it can't attack or block, and its activated abilities can't be activated.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Abeyance](/printing/abeyance-wc97.md) — Instant
2. [Conjurer's Ban](/printing/conjurers-ban-gpt.md) — Sorcery
3. [Meddling Mage](/printing/meddling-mage-pls.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
4. [Cease-Fire](/printing/cease-fire-ody.md) — Instant
5. [Sphinx's Decree](/printing/sphinxs-decree-rix.md) — Sorcery
6. [Permission Denied](/printing/permission-denied-rex.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Strixhaven: School of Mages Promos (PSTX) #7p
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Cristi Balanescu
- **Total Printings:** 20 across all historical editions

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