Stasis Cell
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.
: Attach this Aura to target creature.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Ravnica: City of Guilds
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #29240
Stasis Cell locks down one creature for as long as you keep paying one blue mana per upkeep — a repeatable soft-removal effect stapled to an Aura. The cost is real: enchanting a creature you don't control gives your opponent an obvious target for removal, and if the enchanted creature leaves the battlefield, Stasis Cell leaves with it.
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, Stasis Cell is a budget answer to a single problematic creature, but the enchant-creature-you-don't-control clause means your opponent can bounce or sacrifice their own permanent to strand you without a target. Pauper is the format where Stasis Cell has the most competitive footing — blue tempo and control shells can sustain the upkeep payment while using the locked creature as a stall wall. In Legacy and Vintage, the card is technically legal but never sees play; those formats have cheaper, more permanent answers. Oathbreaker follows the same logic as Commander: fine as a low-cost include, but rarely a first pick.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Stasis Cell is deep bulk — the price of a card no one is actively seeking out. It holds that floor reliably because nothing in any competitive metagame is driving demand upward.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.