---
name: "Embargo"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "MMQ"
set_name: "Mercadian Masques"
collector_number: "77"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Nelson DeCastro"
oracle_id: "edadd0bf-15c8-4e9c-810e-2edfd77a9d01"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/embargo-mmq"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Embargo
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Enchantment

## Oracle Text
Nonland permanents don't untap during their controllers' untap steps.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 2 life.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Mist of Stagnation](/printing/mist-of-stagnation-jud.md) — Enchantment
2. [Stasis](/printing/stasis-30a.md) — Enchantment
3. [Mana Vapors](/printing/mana-vapors-pcy.md) — Sorcery
4. [Exhaustion](/printing/exhaustion-s99.md) — Sorcery
5. [Necro-Impotence](/printing/necro-impotence-unh.md) — Enchantment
6. [Forsaken Wastes](/printing/forsaken-wastes-wc97.md) — World Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mercadian Masques (MMQ) #77
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Nelson DeCastro
- **Total Printings:** 8 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`