---
name: "Detention Sphere"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["U", "W"]
color_identity: ["U", "W"]
keywords: []
set: "OTP"
set_name: "Breaking News"
collector_number: "43"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Justine Mara Andersen"
oracle_id: "0a0b376d-7824-4ba5-8bc9-bc0be12800c5"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/detention-sphere-otp"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Detention Sphere
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Enchantment

## Oracle Text
When this enchantment enters, you may exile target nonland permanent not named Detention Sphere and all other permanents with the same name as that permanent.
When this enchantment leaves the battlefield, return the exiled cards to the battlefield under their owner's control.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Deputy of Detention](/printing/deputy-of-detention-prna.md) — Creature — Vedalken Wizard
2. [Stormplain Detainment](/printing/stormplain-detainment-tdm.md) — Enchantment
3. [Oblivion Ring](/printing/oblivion-ring-lrw.md) — Enchantment
4. [Banishment](/printing/banishment-clb.md) — Enchantment
5. [Ixalan's Binding](/printing/ixalans-binding-plst.md) — Enchantment
6. [Hieromancer's Cage](/printing/hieromancers-cage-m19.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Breaking News (OTP) #43
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Justine Mara Andersen
- **Total Printings:** 25 across all historical editions

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