---
name: "Prison Term"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}{W}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Enchantment — Aura"
colors: []
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Enchant"]
set: "CMD"
set_name: "Commander 2011"
collector_number: "27"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai"
oracle_id: "31caa417-12f7-468b-9f3a-ccfb80e5bc2f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/prison-term-cmd"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Prison Term
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}{W}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Enchantment — Aura
- **Keywords:** Enchant

## Oracle Text
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can't attack or block, and its activated abilities can't be activated.
Whenever a creature an opponent controls enters, you may attach this Aura to that creature.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Arrest](/printing/arrest-mm2.md) — Enchantment — Aura
2. [Prison Sentence](/printing/prison-sentence-bro.md) — Enchantment — Aura
3. [Detained by Legionnaires](/printing/detained-by-legionnaires-acr.md) — Enchantment — Aura
4. [Cooped Up](/printing/cooped-up-woe.md) — Enchantment — Aura
5. [Ice Cage](/printing/ice-cage-m12.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Detention Vortex](/printing/detention-vortex-stx.md) — Enchantment — Aura

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander 2011 (CMD) #27
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2008-05-01)* The last ability works only if Prison Term is already on the battlefield. You may move it from the creature it's currently enchanting onto the new creature.
- *(2016-06-08)* Activated abilities contain a colon. They're generally written "[Cost]: [Effect]." Some keywords are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text.