Hold for Questioning
Enchantment — Aura
Hold for Questioning
Enchantment — Aura
Card Text
Enchant creature or planeswalker
When this Aura enters, tap enchanted permanent and investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Enchanted permanent doesn't untap during its controller's untap step and its activated abilities can't be activated.
Card Details
- Mana Value
- 4
- Colors
- Blue
- Color Identity
- Blue
- EDHREC Rank
- #20,050
Format Legalities
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Price History (30d)
All Printings (7)
| Set | # | Rarity | Lang | Artist | Price | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jumpstart 2022 (J22) | #11 | uncommon | en | Samuel Perin | $0.13 | — |
| Jumpstart 2022 (J22) | #11 | uncommon | de | Samuel Perin | — | — |
| Jumpstart 2022 (J22) | #11 | uncommon | es | Samuel Perin | — | — |
| Jumpstart 2022 (J22) | #11 | uncommon | fr | Samuel Perin | — | — |
| Jumpstart 2022 (J22) | #11 | uncommon | it | Samuel Perin | — | — |
| Jumpstart 2022 (J22) | #11 | uncommon | ja | Samuel Perin | — | — |
| Jumpstart 2022 (J22) | #11 | uncommon | zhs | Samuel Perin | — | — |
Official Rulings (5)
Static and triggered abilities are unaffected by Hold for Questioning.
Loyalty abilities are a type of activated ability, so Hold for Questioning will prevent an enchanted planeswalker's loyalty abilities being activated.
Activated abilities contain a colon. They're generally written "[Cost]: [Effect]." Some keywords are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text.
The permanent can be untapped by other spells and abilities.
You can enchant a permanent that is already tapped with Hold for Questioning. If you do, it doesn't become tapped again, but you will still investigate.
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