Printings
Reinterpret
Card Information
Type: Instant
Mana Cost: 2
CMC: 4
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Commander 2021 (C21)
Rarity: Rare
Collector Number: 73
Oracle Text
Counter target spell. You may cast a spell with equal or lesser mana value from your hand without paying its mana cost.
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- April 16, 2021
If you target a spell that can’t be countered, like Heated Debate, you won’t counter the spell, but you will get to cast a spell with an equal or lesser mana value.
Source: wotc - April 16, 2021
If the spell you cast has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X.
Source: wotc - April 16, 2021
This can be used to cast either face of a modal double-faced card, but only if the face you are casting has an equal or lesser mana value than the target spell.
Source: wotc - April 16, 2021
If you cast a spell “without paying its mana cost,” you can’t pay any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs, such as kicker costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those.
Source: wotc - April 16, 2021
If a spell with {X} in its mana cost is countered this way, {X} is the value chosen as the spell was cast.
Source: wotc
Price History
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