Muzzle
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Prevent all damage that would be dealt by enchanted creature.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Mercadian Masques
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #27090
Muzzle destroys a target creature's activated abilities until end of turn — effectively a one-mana silence on any single threat. It's narrow enough that it rarely earns a maindeck slot, but in formats where activated abilities decide games, it punches above its price.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Muzzle occupies a tight niche: it blanks activated abilities on demand, which matters most against combo commanders like Krenko, Mob Boss or Derevi, Empyreal Tactician who use their ability as the engine. Outside that use case, most Commander decks want permanent removal, not a one-turn shutdown. In Pauper, where efficient instant-speed interaction is scarce and activated abilities on creatures see more play, Muzzle gets a fairer look. Legacy and Vintage have access to better answers at the same cost, so it doesn't compete there.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Muzzle is deep bulk — easy to pick up as a one-of without a second thought. It won't appreciate; the ceiling on a narrow sorcery-speed effect is low, and reprints would push it further toward zero.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.