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NameContainment Protocol Edit card
TypeEnchantment — aura
DescriptionEnchant creature When this Aura enters, tap enchanted creature. Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.
Flavor"What else can we do? No prison could hold Tokka, and she'll hurt someone if we let her out to play."
ArtistBrian Valeza
SetTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Eternal #108
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About Containment Protocol

Containment Protocol, Enchantment — aura, designed by Brian Valeza first released in Feb, 2026 in the set Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Eternal.

Containment Protocol is a tempo‑oriented control card that fits best in blue control or tempo decks that want to neutralize a single large threat without permanently removing it, especially in limited or slower, budget environments where locking down one key creature can swing the game. It works in decks that win through flyers, incremental value, or combo, buying time by effectively “freezing” an opposing creature, particularly one without an enters‑the‑battlefield ability or built‑in protection. However, at three mana, it competes with significantly stronger options: cards like **Frogify**, **Kasmina’s Transmutation**, or **Witness Protection** (which shrink and blank abilities for less mana), **Claustrophobia** (which also prevents untapping but has been historically more efficient in limited contexts), or simply bounce and counterspells in constructed; in broader formats, hard removal or exile effects from other colors are generally superior. Because it doesn’t stop activated abili

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