Meddling Mage

Creature - Wizard    (CMC:2)

As Meddling Mage comes into play, name a nonland card. The named card can't be played.

Meddling mages chant so loudly that no one can get a spell in edgewise.

116 PS • ENChristopher Moeller

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Legal in: Modern,Shards of Alara Block,Invasion Block,Legacy,Vintage,Freeform,Prismatic,Tribal Wars Legacy,Singleton 100,Commander

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Meddling Mage {W}{U} Creature — Human Wizard As Meddling Mage enters the battlefield, name a nonland card. The named card can't be cast. 2/2

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5/1/2009
No one can cast spells or activate abilities between the time a card is named and the time that Meddling Mage's ability starts to work.
5/1/2009
Spells with the chosen name that somehow happen to already be on the stack when Meddling Mage enters the battlefield are not affected by Meddling Mage's ability.
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Although the named card can't be cast, it can still be put onto the battlefield by a spell or ability (if it's a permanent card).
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You can name either half of a split card, but not both. If you do so, that half (and both halves, if the split card has fuse) can't be cast. The other half is unaffected.
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If a card with morph is named, that card may still be cast face down. Face-down cards have no names.
5/1/2009
Some cards (such as Isochron Scepter, for example) let you cast a copy of a card. A copy of a card isn't actually a card, so Meddling Mage can't stop this.
5/1/2009
Once Meddling Mage leaves the battlefield, the named card can be cast again.

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