Cursed Totem
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
Activated abilities of creatures can't be activated.
Rulings
5 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2016-06-08
Activated abilities contain a colon. They're generally written “[Cost]: [Effect].” Some keywords are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text.
- 2021-06-18
Cursed Totem doesn't stop players from activating abilities of creature cards that aren't on the battlefield, such as cycling or unearth.
- 2021-06-18
Other abilities of creatures, including static abilities and triggered abilities, are unaffected.
- 2021-06-18
Cursed Totem stops players from activating mana abilities of creatures.
- 2021-06-18
Activated abilities of noncreature permanents that would make them become creatures (such as a Vehicle's crew ability) can still be activated. Once they become creatures, any abilities they have cannot be activated.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Cursed Totem, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urza, Lord High Artificer | 1 | 5 | 0% |
| Deadpool, Trading Card | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Rakdos 1 deck
- Mono-Blue 1 deck
Every version of Cursed Totem
4 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly — a printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall genuinely publishes none for some of them.
- Normal
- $1.57
- Foil
- $6.70
- Etched
- $4.48
World Championship Decks 2000
- Normal
- $7.88
Classic Sixth Edition
- Normal
- $3.90
Mirage
- Normal
- $9.67
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Cursed Totem — a name search across every version, for the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only — no individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.