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Voidstone Gargoyle

Creature — Gargoyle

Set

Planar Chaos (plc)

Rarity

Rare

Mana Cost

Artist

Terese Nielsen

Power / Toughness

3 / 3

Oracle Text

Flying As this creature enters, choose a nonland card name. Spells with the chosen name can't be cast. Activated abilities of sources with the chosen name can't be activated.

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Legality

Rules for this card

Flying Rule 702.9 Glossary

A keyword ability that restricts how a creature may be blocked. See rule 702.9, “Flying.”

Rulings (5)

February 1, 2007 Wizards of the Coast
The named card can be cast face down.
February 1, 2007 Wizards of the Coast
You can name either half of a split card, but not both. If you do so, that half (and both halves, if the split card has fuse) can’t be cast. The other half is unaffected.
February 1, 2007 Wizards of the Coast
Voidstone Gargoyle stops activated abilities that are mana abilities from being activated, unlike Pithing Needle.
July 15, 2007 Wizards of the Coast
Activated abilities of copies of a spell with that name (such as Lightning Storm) cannot be activated.
June 8, 2016 Wizards of the Coast
Activated abilities contain a colon. They’re generally written “[Cost]: [Effect].” Some keywords are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text.