Null Hypothesis

[Swanky]

Null Hypothesis UW

Enchantment

Each player skips their untap phase.
Each player cannot play spells.
Pay U or W during your upkeep, or sacrifice Null Hypothesis.

The null hypothesis assumes no change.

I enjoy both the name and flavor of this.  Stasis is a card that I used to be in love with, but the deck has since been relegated to my deck box for quite some time.  Its glory days have long since ended.

Blue/White control is a classic deck that never truly leaves casual circles, and this would be a fun inclusion.

[Matt]

A new Stasis would be fun?

[Jacob Orlove]

This is WAY too good. At minimum, the drawback needs to be a lot harsher, because if you can pay this for even a few turns with a thread on the board, game over.

[Matt]

Wait, wouldn't a threat attack once, then be tapped down for the duration of time this card remains in play?

[Jacob Orlove]

Not all threats tap. Even so, this is like a stasis on steroids--it needs to cost a whole lot more mana. Not allowing people to play spells is basically a hard lock.

[Swanky]

I'd be forced to agree with you guys.  This is definitely one of the few cards that can go "Zephyr Falcon, Win."

Though, I'm not sure if "a whole lot more mana" is necessary.  I might increase color intensity by adding another white mana symbol or two (as this card seems to be more in the white realm of law and control), and throw on a few colorless mana.

A cost of 2UWW seems fair, though the effect is - as Jacob pointed out - a fairly broken one.  While I had taken the abusability of "eternal warrior" creatures in conjunction with this (my mind retrograded to Swanky circa 1995 as I saw a Serra Angel floating gleefully over this card), a secondary intent of the permanent Orim's Chant (its primary, obviously, being the lock on your opponent) was an attempt at attaining balance by preventing the use of traditional Stasis cards like Boomerang, Rescue, Gush, Daze, etc.  Though as Magic proves time and time again, symmetrical effects are often anything but. :)