1 – 20 of 21 cards where the color identity ≤ BG and the text includes “counter target”
A-Emerald Dragon {4}{G}{G}
Creature — Dragon
Flying, ward {2}
A-Dissonant Wave {2}{G}
Instant — Adventure
Counter target activated or triggered ability from a noncreature source. (Then exile this card. You may cast the creature later from exile.)
Illustrated by Diego Gisbert
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Not Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Not Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Not Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Not Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Avoid Fate {G}
Instant
Counter target instant or Aura spell that targets a permanent you control.
Illustrated by Phil Foglio
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Bind {1}{G}
Instant
Counter target activated ability. (Mana abilities can’t be targeted.)
Draw a card.
“The battlefield is cluttered enough. Be still.”
—Multani, maro-sorcerer
Illustrated by Mark Zug
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Brown Ouphe {G}
Creature — Ouphe
{1}{G}, {T}: Counter target activated ability from an artifact source. (Mana abilities can’t be targeted.)
In a strange twist of fate, one of the most annoying creatures in the multiverse was brought to the place where it could cause the most damage.
Illustrated by Greg Hildebrandt
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Dash Hopes {B}{B}
Instant
When you cast this spell, any player may pay 5 life. If a player does, counter Dash Hopes.
Counter target spell.
“Focus an enemy’s mind on what’s already gone, and it’s easier to take away more.”
—Holux, stronghold racketeer
Illustrated by Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Deathgrip {B}{B}
Enchantment
{B}{B}: Counter target green spell.
Illustrated by Anson Maddocks
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Emerald Dragon {4}{G}{G}
Creature — Dragon
Flying, trample
Emerald dragons hate prying eyes, and they have a host of ways to deter them.
Dissonant Wave {2}{G}
Instant — Adventure
Counter target activated or triggered ability from a noncreature source. (Then exile this card. You may cast the creature later from exile.)
Illustrated by Diego Gisbert
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Green Slime {2}{G}
Creature — Ooze
Flash
When Green Slime enters the battlefield, counter target activated or triggered ability from an artifact or enchantment source. If a permanent’s ability is countered this way, destroy that permanent.
Foretell {G} (During your turn, you may pay {2} and exile this card from your hand face down. Cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.)
Watermark: Foretell
Illustrated by Igor Kieryluk
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
| Faces, Tokens, & Other Parts |
|---|
| Green Slime, CLB #680 |
| Foretell Card, TKHM #23 |
| Prints | USD | EUR | TIX |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate #636 | $0.25 | €0.45 | |
| Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate #680 | $0.55 | €0.40 | 2.72 |
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Jester's Scepter {3}
Artifact
When Jester’s Scepter enters the battlefield, exile the top five cards of target player’s library face down. You may look at those cards for as long as they remain exiled.
{2}, {T}, Put a card exiled with Jester’s Scepter into its owner’s graveyard: Counter target spell if it has the same name as that card.
Illustrated by Matt Cavotta
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Kozilek, the Great Distortion {8}{C}{C}
Legendary Creature — Eldrazi
When you cast this spell, if you have fewer than seven cards in hand, draw cards equal to the difference.
Menace
Discard a card with mana value X: Counter target spell with mana value X.
A void as cryptic as reality itself.
Illustrated by Aleksi Briclot
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Lifeforce {G}{G}
Enchantment
{G}{G}: Counter target black spell.
Illustrated by Dameon Willich
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Not of This World {7}
Tribal Instant — Eldrazi
Counter target spell or ability that targets a permanent you control.
This spell costs {7} less to cast if it targets a spell or ability that targets a creature you control with power 7 or greater.
Illustrated by Izzy
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Null Brooch {4}
Artifact
{2}, {T}, Discard your hand: Counter target noncreature spell.
Give away everything so others have nothing.
—Brooch inscription
Illustrated by DiTerlizzi
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Ouphe Vandals {2}{G}
Creature — Ouphe Rogue
{G}, Sacrifice Ouphe Vandals: Counter target activated ability from an artifact source and destroy that artifact if it’s on the battlefield. (Mana abilities can’t be targeted.)
The ouphes finally managed to still the clockwork monstrosity by catching themselves in its cogs.
Illustrated by Thomas M. Baxa
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Ring of Immortals {5}
Artifact
{3}, {T}: Counter target instant or Aura spell that targets a permanent you control.
Illustrated by Melissa A. Benson
Part of the Reserved List
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Rust {G}
Instant
Counter target activated ability from an artifact source. (Mana abilities can’t be targeted.)
“How dull it is to pause, to make an end,/ To rust unburnished, not to shine in use,/ As though to breathe were life!”
—Alfred, Lord Tennyson, “Ulysses”
Illustrated by Liz Danforth
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Stromgald Cabal {1}{B}{B}
Creature — Human Knight
{T}, Pay 1 life: Counter target white spell.
“Kjeldor must be supreme at any cost.”
—Avram Garrisson, leader of the Knights of Stromgald
Illustrated by Anson Maddocks
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Thrull Wizard {2}{B}
Creature — Thrull Wizard
{1}{B}: Counter target black spell unless that spell’s controller pays {B} or {3}.
“In crafting intelligent Thrulls to assist in sacrifices, Sahr inadvertantly set the stage for the Thrull Rebellion.”
—Sarpadian Empires, vol. II
Illustrated by Anson Maddocks
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Verdant Command {1}{G}
Instant
Choose two —
• Target player creates two tapped 1/1 green Squirrel creature tokens.
• Counter target loyalty ability of a planeswalker.
• Exile target card from a graveyard.
• Target player gains 3 life.
Illustrated by Mark Poole
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
| Faces, Tokens, & Other Parts |
|---|
| Verdant Command, MH2 #359 |
| Squirrel Token, TMH2 #11 |
| Prints | USD | EUR | TIX |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jumpstart: Historic Horizons | |||
| Modern Horizons 2 #182 | $0.31 | €0.21 | 0.02 |
| Modern Horizons 2 #359 | $0.25 | €0.24 | |
| Modern Horizons 2 Promos | ✶ $1.50 | ||
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Warping Wail {1}{C}
Instant
({C} represents colorless mana.)
Choose one —
• Exile target creature with power or toughness 1 or less.
• Counter target sorcery spell.
• Create a 1/1 colorless Eldrazi Scion creature token. It has “Sacrifice this creature: Add {C}.”
Illustrated by Jason Felix
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
| Faces, Tokens, & Other Parts |
|---|
| Eldrazi Scion Token, TCMM #2 |
| Warping Wail, CMM #812 |
| Prints | USD | EUR | TIX |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commander Masters | $0.48 | €0.78 | 0.20 |
| Oath of the Gatewatch | $0.56 | €0.61 | 0.03 |
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