Permission Denied card art

Permission Denied

Instant MV 2

Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.

What it does

Counter target noncreature spell. Your opponents can't cast noncreature spells this turn.

Rulings

3 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.

  • 2023-11-10

    If Permission Denied resolves but the spell isn't countered (perhaps because it can't be countered), opponents will still be unable to cast noncreature spells this turn.

  • 2023-11-10

    Permission Denied's effect applies to all opponents, not just the player who controlled the spell targeted by Permission Denied.

  • 2023-11-10

    If the spell is an illegal target as Permission Denied tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. Your opponents will still be able to cast noncreature spells this turn.

Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.

In the 99

Every deck whose current list includes Permission Denied, whatever its commander.

Decks running it 5
Games played 3
Win rate — Fewer than 5 completed games — not enough to publish a rate yet.
Confirmed on board 0 Games where a board photo caught it actually in play.

Most played under

Commander Decks Games Win rate
The Council of Four 1 3 —
Aminatou, the Fateshifter 1 0 —
Aragorn, the Uniter 1 0 —
Jodah, the Unifier 1 0 —
Tom Bombadil 1 0 —

Colors it shows up in

  • Five-Color 2 decks
  • Azorius 1 deck
  • Esper 1 deck
  • Four-Color (no Black) 1 deck

Every version of Permission Denied

2 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.

Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Permission Denied — 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.