Detained by Legionnaires
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can't attack or block.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Assassin's Creed
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #17150
Detained by Legionnaires taps a creature and keeps it tapped until it leaves play or the enchantment does — that's a repeatable lockdown stapled to a body, not a one-shot Tap effect. The rate is real: three mana for an evasive creature plus a permanent answer to one threat is exactly what white aggro-control shells want.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Detained by Legionnaires pulls double duty as a blocker and a soft answer — locking down a commander or a key combo piece while you develop your board is a genuine tempo play. In Pauper, the commons environment is tight enough that a 2/1 flier with an attached Arrest effect at three mana competes for real slots in white weenie and aura strategies. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters; those formats demand interaction that resolves immediately and doesn't cost a card slot on board. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander's calculus — if your planeswalker strategy needs time to tick up, this buys it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Detained by Legionnaires is deep bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a card that does meaningful work in lower-power Commander and Pauper. Bulk enchantment removal stapled to a creature rarely spikes, so treat it as a cheap slot-filler, not a spec.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.