When ~ is attached to a creature, put a detain counter on that creature and up to one other creature an opponent controls.
Whenever ~ becomes unattached from a permanent, remove all detain counters from all permanents.
As long as a creature has a detain counter on it, they can't attack or block, and their activated abilities can't be activated.
Equip 3
Due to lack of funding, Azorius lawmagi had retorted to sharing a single cuff with their arrestee until they’re both in custody.
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The effect of Azorius Runecuffs is almost identical to the Detain mechanic, I wrote it out so it would last indefinitely, instead of ending at the beginning of your next turn.
"Becomes unattached" means that if you equip Runecuffs to another creature, all detain counters are also removed.
EDIT: Changed wording so it no longer grants soulbond, but functions similarly. Wording borrowed from Grafted Exoskeleton.
I get the concept of granting soulbond. But this specific design is completely lost to me. Why would you want to detain your own creatures? I get the flavor of what you intended but that's not how soulbond works and you used the proper reminder text for soulbond instead of an amended version that would make your equipment function the way the flavor text implies it's supposed to. If you change the effect to something you actually want it has interesting backward compatibility.
You guys are correct. The reminder text doesn't say it, but the official rule dictates that both creatures need to be under your control. I will change the wording.
WU
Artifact - Equipment
When ~ is attached to a creature, put a detain counter on that creature and up to one other creature an opponent controls.
Whenever ~ becomes unattached from a permanent, remove all detain counters from all permanents.
As long as a creature has a detain counter on it, they can't attack or block, and their activated abilities can't be activated.
Equip 3
Due to lack of funding, Azorius lawmagi had retorted to sharing a single cuff with their arrestee until they’re both in custody.
———
The effect of Azorius Runecuffs is almost identical to the Detain mechanic, I wrote it out so it would last indefinitely, instead of ending at the beginning of your next turn.
"Becomes unattached" means that if you equip Runecuffs to another creature, all detain counters are also removed.
EDIT: Changed wording so it no longer grants soulbond, but functions similarly. Wording borrowed from Grafted Exoskeleton.
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