---
name: "Detention Vortex"
mana_cost: "{W}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Enchantment — Aura"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Enchant"]
set: "STX"
set_name: "Strixhaven: School of Mages"
collector_number: "13"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Campbell White"
oracle_id: "5383a1c1-662f-46fe-a0e5-0f38efe1a37a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/detention-vortex-stx"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Detention Vortex
- **Mana Cost:** `{W}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Enchantment — Aura
- **Keywords:** Enchant

## Oracle Text
Enchant nonland permanent
Enchanted permanent can't attack or block, and its activated abilities can't be activated.
{3}: Destroy this Aura. Only your opponents may activate this ability and only as a sorcery.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Prison Term](/printing/prison-term-td0.md) — Enchantment — Aura
2. [Detainment Spell](/printing/detainment-spell-tsp.md) — Enchantment — Aura
3. [Intercessor's Arrest](/printing/intercessors-arrest-neo.md) — Enchantment — Aura
4. [Detained by Legionnaires](/printing/detained-by-legionnaires-acr.md) — Enchantment — Aura
5. [Arrest](/printing/arrest-plst.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Realmbreaker's Grasp](/printing/realmbreakers-grasp-mom.md) — Enchantment — Aura

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Strixhaven: School of Mages (STX) #13
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Campbell White
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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