Inaction Injunction
Sorcery
Detain target creature an opponent controls. (Until your next turn, that creature can't attack or block and its activated abilities can't be activated.)
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- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Return to Ravnica
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #19981
Inaction Injunction taps a creature and locks it down until its controller pays two mana — relevant stax pressure stapled to a cantrip that replaces itself immediately. The cost is that it does nothing permanent: a well-timed mana payment undoes all of it, and Lyse Hext aside, most decks would rather run hard removal.
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Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Inaction Injunction is a niche piece: the cantrip makes it nearly free to include, but tapping one creature in a four-player game rarely changes the board state enough to justify the slot unless you're building around the effect. Pauper is where it has the most legitimate standing — the format is slower, a locked attacker matters more per turn, and commons that replace themselves are genuinely scarce. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer it sits below the power floor; there are cheaper, permanent answers at every point on the curve. Vintage doesn't want it either — by the time a creature is threatening enough to tap, you want it gone, not temporarily inconvenienced.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Inaction Injunction is deep bulk — you'll find it in a commons box before you find it on a vendor page. That price is stable by default: there's no spike coming for a conditional tap effect, so buy as many as you need without a second thought.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.
