First printed in Nemesis (2000)

All 12 prints

Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive (SOA) #145, 2026
Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive (SOA) #15, 2026
Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive (SOA) #80, 2026
Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1934, 2025
Mystery Booster 2 (MB2) #26, 2024
The List (PLST) #DD2-23, 2019
Amonkhet Invocations (MP2) #12, 2017
Eternal Masters (EMA) #44, 2016
Duel Decks Anthology: Jace vs. Chandra (JVC) #23, 2014
Duel Decks: Jace vs. Chandra (DD2) #23, 2008
World Championship Decks 2000 (WC00) #tvdl30sb, 2000
Nemesis (NEM) #30, 2000

Daze

Instant

You may return an Island you control to its owner's hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Counter target spell unless its controller pays 1 generic .

In the last 30 days 27.9% of Legacy decks played it (29 of 104). Most played in UBG (unclassified). In the last 30 days 4.9% of Premodern decks played it (2 of 41). Most played in Mono-Blue (unclassified).

Staple

Legacy staples: main deck, 28% of decks (#12)
Blue, Instants, Counterspells

Last 120 days of MTGO results.

Legality

Constructed

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern Not legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Banned
Future Standard Not legal
Historic Banned
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Dreadful Not legal
Premodern Legal
Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

Gladiator Legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Legal
PreDH Legal
Tiny Leaders Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Competitive Brawl Legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta: share of the archetype in the format
Play it: decks of the archetype that play this card
Together: decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift: how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Legacy Other periods →

In 29 of 104 decks (27.9%).

Share of decks

27.9%

vs previous 30 days

Decks

29 main, 1 sideboard

Avg. copies

3.0

in the main deck

Win rate

56%

2 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
UBG (unclassified)	12.5%	85%
Doomsday	7.7%	100%
WUBG (unclassified)	5.8%	33%
WUG (unclassified)	4.8%	20%
Sneak and Show	2.9%	67%
Dimir Tempo	1.9%	100%
UR (unclassified)	1.9%	100%
URG (unclassified)	1.9%	50%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Brainstorm	97%	2.0
Force of Will	97%	2.0
Ponder	90%	2.0
Misty Rainforest	83%	2.0
Undercity Sewers	79%	3.1
Underground Sea	76%	2.5
Polluted Delta	69%	2.0
Flooded Strand	62%	1.5
Wasteland	62%	1.2
Thoughtseize	55%	2.0

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Dimir Tempo Oceansoul92 in Legacy Challenge 32	6-1 86%
Dimir Tempo kentaro_hokori in Legacy Challenge 32	4-2 67%
UBG boytriton in Legacy Challenge 32	4-2 67%
URG PekkaChu in Legacy Challenge 32	4-2 67%
UBG 416FrowningTable in Legacy Challenge 32	4-3 57%
UR TheGenz in Legacy Challenge 32	3-3 50%
UBG stu909090 in Legacy Challenge 32	2-3 40%
UBG luvadepedreiro in Legacy Challenge 32	2-3 40%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
UBG Sev123, 28 Oct	3 main	5-0
Sneak and Show Kenbow0808, 28 Oct	2 main	5-0
UBG ThreeApes1312, 28 Oct	3 main	5-0
WUBG Yukke, 28 Oct	3 main	5-0
WUBG casper_x, 28 Oct	1 main 1 side	5-0
Dimir Tempo Oceansoul92, 27 Oct	3 main	#5 6-1
UBG 416FrowningTable, 27 Oct	4 main	#8 4-3
UBG boytriton, 27 Oct	4 main	#9 4-2

Premodern Other periods →

In 2 of 41 decks (4.9%).