Cease // Desist
~$0.15 low · ~$0.26 high
Multicolor. Instant // Sorcery
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Murders at Karlov Manor #246 · Illustrated by Dominik Mayer
What is Cease // Desist worth?
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Oracle text
Cease
Instant
Exile up to two target cards from a single graveyard. Target player gains 2 life and draws a card.
Desist
Sorcery
Destroy all artifacts and enchantments.
Format legality
The only printing of Cease // Desist
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Murders at Karlov Manor mkm #246· 2024uncommon· Cardmarket €0.14 · €0.25 foil | uncommon | $0.15 | $0.26 | €0.14€0.25 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2024
- Printings
- 1
- Mana value
- 8
- EDHREC rank
- #23,431 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Artist
- Dominik Mayer
Rulings (6)
2024-02-02
A split card's characteristics are a combination of its two halves while it is not on the stack. For example, Cease // Desist has a mana value of 8 while it is in your library. If an effect allows you to search your library for a card with mana value 4 or less, you can't find Cease // Desist.
2024-02-02
To cast a split card, choose one of its halves to cast. There's no way to cast both halves of any of the split cards featured in this set.
2024-02-02
Split cards have two card faces on a single card. The characteristics of the half you didn't cast are ignored while the spell is on the stack.
2024-02-02
Each split card is a single card. For example, if you discard a split card, you've discarded one card, not two. If an effect counts the number of instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard, Cease // Desist counts once, not twice.
2024-02-02
If an effect allows you to cast a spell with certain characteristics, consider only the characteristics of the half you're casting. For example, if an effect allows you to cast an instant or sorcery spell with mana value 2 or less from among cards in your graveyard, you could cast Cease this way, but not Desist.
2024-02-02
Each split card has two names. If an effect instructs you to choose a card name, you may choose one of those names, but not both.
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