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Cease

{1}{B/G}

Instant

MKMMurders at Karlov Manor#246uncommon
Foil
Border
black
Frame
2015
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 400
Illustrator
Dominik Mayer
Found in
Murders at Karlov Manor MTGO Redemption · Murders at Karlov Manor MTGO Redemption Foil · 2 more
Printings1
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardLegal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardLegal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyNot legal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardLegal
Standard BrawlLegal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal

Cease

Exile up to two target cards from a single graveyard. Target player gains 2 life and draws a card.

Desist

Destroy all artifacts and enchantments.

Plays as: Split Card · Artifact Removal · Board Wipe · Enchantment Removal

Market · per finishspark updated 15h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+0.0%
$0.16
$0.01 low$0.00 gap
Foil+0.0%
$0.25
$0.05 low-$0.03 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.16· across 1 printing

Rulings

6 · latest Feb 2, 2024 · one tap opens all
  • WotCFeb 2, 2024

    A split card's characteristics are a combination of its two halves while it is not on the stack. For example, Cease // Desist has a mana value of 8 while it is in your library. If an effect allows you to search your library for a card with mana value 4 or less, you can't find Cease // Desist.

  • WotCFeb 2, 2024

    Each split card has two names. If an effect instructs you to choose a card name, you may choose one of those names, but not both.

  • WotCFeb 2, 2024

    Each split card is a single card. For example, if you discard a split card, you've discarded one card, not two. If an effect counts the number of instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard, Cease // Desist counts once, not twice.

  • WotCFeb 2, 2024

    If an effect allows you to cast a spell with certain characteristics, consider only the characteristics of the half you're casting. For example, if an effect allows you to cast an instant or sorcery spell with mana value 2 or less from among cards in your graveyard, you could cast Cease this way, but not Desist.

  • WotCFeb 2, 2024

    Split cards have two card faces on a single card. The characteristics of the half you didn't cast are ignored while the spell is on the stack.

  • WotCFeb 2, 2024

    To cast a split card, choose one of its halves to cast. There's no way to cast both halves of any of the split cards featured in this set.