1 – 20 of 32 cards where the text includes “counter target” and the colors is U and the card types include “instant” and it’s legal in Standard
An Offer You Can't Refuse {U}
Instant
Counter target noncreature spell. Its controller creates two Treasure tokens. (They’re artifacts with “{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.”)
Elspeth wanted answers. Xander needed a spy. Their paths were destined to cross.
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Illustrated by Dallas Williams
- Standard
- 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
- Legal
Faces, Tokens, & Other Parts |
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An Offer You Can't Refuse, SNC #464 |
Treasure Token, TSNC #17 |
Prints | USD | EUR | TIX |
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Secret Lair Showdown | $5.75 | ||
Streets of New Capenna #51 | $3.34 | €2.63 | 0.02 |
Streets of New Capenna #464 | $4.70 | €2.58 | |
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Artistic Refusal {4}{U}{U}
Instant
Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature’s color.)
Choose one or both —
• Counter target spell.
• Draw two cards, then discard a card.
Errant wouldn’t allow anything to stop her from decorating the streets of New Capenna.
Illustrated by Olivier Bernard
- Standard
- Legal
- Alchemy
- 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
Assimilate Essence {1}{U}
Instant
Counter target creature or battle spell unless its controller pays {4}. If they do, you incubate 2. (Create an Incubator token with two +1/+1 counters on it and “{2}: Transform this artifact.” It transforms into a 0/0 Phyrexian artifact creature.)
“You have no viable escape vector. Cease your resistance and accept perfection.”
Illustrated by Konstantin Porubov
- Standard
- Legal
- Alchemy
- Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Faces, Tokens, & Other Parts |
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Assimilate Essence, MOM #47 |
Incubator // Phyrexian Token, TMOM #18 |
Prints | USD | EUR | TIX |
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March of the Machine | $0.02 | €0.07 | 0.03 |
Bring the Ending {1}{U}
Instant
Counter target spell unless its controller pays {2}.
Corrupted — Counter that spell instead if its controller has three or more poison counters.
Kaya watched in horror as the illusion vanished from her hands. Jace held the real Sylex—and had activated it before phyresis claimed his mind.
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Illustrated by LA Draws
- Standard
- Legal
- Alchemy
- Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Change the Equation {1}{U}
Instant
Choose one —
• Counter target spell with mana value 2 or less.
• Counter target red or green spell with mana value 6 or less.
“It’s not your fault. Strixhaven taught you an imperfect premise. Okay, the imperfect execution was your fault.”
Illustrated by Alix Branwyn
- Standard
- Legal
- Alchemy
- 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
Confounding Riddle {2}{U}
Instant
Choose one —
• Look at the top four cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.
• Counter target spell unless its controller pays {4}.
Explorers learned not to tamper with sites of ancient power without learning their purpose.
Illustrated by A. M. Sartor
- Standard
- Legal
- Alchemy
- 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
- Legal
Defabricate {1}{U}
Instant
Choose one —
• Counter target artifact or enchantment spell. If a spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner’s graveyard.
• Counter target activated or triggered ability.
Illustrated by Uriah Voth
- Standard
- Legal
- Alchemy
- 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
Devious Cover-Up {2}{U}{U}
Instant
Counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner’s graveyard. You may shuffle up to four target cards from your graveyard into your library.
Widow Weber’s new scarecrow seemed to attract more crows than it scared off.
Illustrated by Colin Boyer
- Standard
- Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Disdainful Stroke {1}{U}
Instant
Counter target spell with mana value 4 or greater.
In retrospect, using storm magic against a storm giant was not the wisest strategy.
Illustrated by Eelis Kyttanen
- Standard
- Legal
- Alchemy
- Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Disruption Protocol {U}{U}
Instant
As an additional cost to cast this spell, tap an untapped artifact you control or pay {1}.
Counter target spell.
“Let’s just turn that off, shall we?”
Illustrated by Pauline Voss
- Standard
- Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Dissipate {1}{U}{U}
Instant
Counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner’s graveyard.
“Morning light, morning light,
Chase away the fears of night.”
—Gavony children’s rhyme
Illustrated by David Palumbo
- Standard
- 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
- Legal
Ertai's Scorn {1}{U}{U}
Instant
This spell costs {U} less to cast if an opponent cast two or more spells this turn.
Counter target spell.
“You’re not so special, Karn. Anything that has been assembled can be disassembled.”
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Illustrated by Alex Negrea
- Standard
- Legal
- Alchemy
- 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
Essence Capture {U}{U}
Instant
Counter target creature spell. Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target creature you control.
The Futurists regard the tradition of kami-bonding as anachronistic and inefficient, striving constantly to surpass spiritual power with technology.
Illustrated by Campbell White
- Standard
- 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
- Legal
Essence Scatter {1}{U}
Instant
Counter target creature spell.
“Phyrexians pollute everything they touch, so the solution is simple: don’t let them touch anything.”
—Teferi
Illustrated by Anastasia Ovchinnikova
- Standard
- Legal
- Alchemy
- Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Flip the Switch {2}{U}
Instant
Counter target spell unless its controller pays {4}. Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token with decayed. (It can’t block. When it attacks, sacrifice it at end of combat.)
“Works every time! Well, every time they don’t explode, anyway.”
—Barton, stitcher
Illustrated by Campbell White
- Standard
- Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Faces, Tokens, & Other Parts |
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Zombie Token, TMID #5 |
Flip the Switch, MID #54 |
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Innistrad: Double Feature | $0.10 | €0.16 | 0.04 |
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt | $0.02 | €0.09 | 0.03 |
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Geistlight Snare {2}{U}
Instant
This spell costs {1} less to cast if you control a Spirit. It also costs {1} less to cast if you control an enchantment.
Counter target spell unless its controller pays {3}.
Tamil had always wanted a closer look at a geist’s lantern. Now he had an eternity to study one.
Illustrated by Anato Finnstark
- Standard
- 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
Hurl into History {3}{U}{U}
Instant
Counter target artifact or creature spell. Discover X, where X is that spell’s mana value. (Exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card with that mana value or less. Cast it without paying its mana cost or put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)
Illustrated by Eli Minaya
- Standard
- Legal
- Alchemy
- 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
- Legal
Ice Out {1}{U}{U}
Instant
Bargain (You may sacrifice an artifact, enchantment, or token as you cast this spell.)
This spell costs {1} less to cast if it’s bargained.
Counter target spell.
Hylda built an ice statuary from all those who couldn’t understand “go away.”
Illustrated by Olivier Bernard
- Standard
- Legal
- Alchemy
- Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Make Disappear {1}{U}
Instant
Casualty 1 (As you cast this spell, you may sacrifice a creature with power 1 or greater. When you do, copy this spell and you may choose a new target for the copy.)
Counter target spell unless its controller pays {2}.
Watermark: Maestros
Illustrated by Inka Schulz
- Standard
- Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Minor Misstep {U}
Instant
Counter target spell with mana value 1 or less.
No matter how many times he saw it, Sarnvax always relished the look of dawning horror as his foes realized their mistake.
Illustrated by Lorenzo Mastroianni
- Standard
- Legal
- Alchemy
- 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