Rust {G}
Instant
Counter target activated ability from an artifact source. (Mana abilities can’t be targeted.)
“How dull it is to pause, to make an end,/ To rust unburnished, not to shine in use,/ As though to breathe were life!”
—Alfred, Lord Tennyson, “Ulysses”
Illustrated by Liz Danforth
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
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Notes and Rules Information for Rust:
- Can’t be used on mana abilities because they don’t use the stack. They’ve already resolved by the time you get priority. (2004-10-04)
- Activated abilities contain a colon. They’re generally written “[Cost]: [Effect].” Some keywords are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text. (2016-06-08)