Null Rod
Null Rod: Artifact, Weatherlight. Activated abilities of artifacts can't be activated. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Artifact
- Colour identity
- Colourless
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Weatherlight (WTH)
- Released
- 1997-06-09
- Collector number
- 154
- Artist
- Anson Maddocks
- Commander rank
- 8,828 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Reserved List
- Yes
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About Null Rod
Null Rod is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare colourless artifact from Weatherlight (WTH), an expansion set released in June 1997. It is collector number 154 in that set, with art by Anson Maddocks. It costs {2} (two generic mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It has no colour identity. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and PreDH. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Weatherlight (1997) to Vintage Masters (2014). It is on the Reserved List. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $99.63 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
Activated abilities of artifacts can't be activated.
Gerrard: "But it doesn't *do* anything!" Hanna: "No-it *does* nothing."
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $99.63 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Null Rod by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Premodern | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
Other printings of Null Rod
Null Rod has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Vintage Masters (VMA) #278 | Rare | 2014 |
Official rulings
Four official rulings apply to Null Rod, newest first.
- Activated abilities contain a colon. They’re generally written “[Cost]: [Effect].” Some keywords are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text.
- This effect does not prevent triggered abilities from triggering and it doesn’t stop the effects of static abilities.
- This effect applies to all activated abilities of artifacts, including mana abilities.
- This covers only artifacts that are on the battlefield.
Similar cards
Other artifact cards with no colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these card lists
These card lists include Null Rod.