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Icy Reception

First printed in Reality Fracture (2026)

Icy Reception

Instant

Choose one —
• Counter target creature or legendary spell unless its controller pays 3 generic.
• Target creature gets -5/-0 until end of turn.

"Keep them distracted," instructed the Theorist. Chandra's doppelganger smiled, and a chill went through the air.

Illustrated by
Borja Pindado

Legality

Prices

Paper price: €0.04 / $0.11 , the cheapest non-foil print (Cardmarket and TCGplayer through MTGJSON, 4 Nov 2026).

MTGO price: 0.002 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 4 Nov 2026).

Standard In 3 of 4732 decks (0.1%), most in Other Temur decks

Share of decks
0.1%
▲ 0.1 vs previous 30 days
13 Aug: 0.0% 20 Aug: 0.0% 27 Aug: 0.0% 3 Sep: 0.0% 10 Sep: 0.0% 17 Sep: 0.0% 24 Sep: 0.0% 1 Oct: 0.0% 8 Oct: 0.0% 15 Oct: 0.0% 22 Oct: 0.1% 29 Oct: 0.1%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
3
3 main, 0 sideboard
Avg. copies
1.7
in the main deck
Win rate
22%
0 top 8, leagues excluded
Weekly data
Week fromShare of decks
13 Aug0.0%
20 Aug0.0%
27 Aug0.0%
3 Sep0.0%
10 Sep0.0%
17 Sep0.0%
24 Sep0.0%
1 Oct0.0%
8 Oct0.0%
15 Oct0.0%
22 Oct0.1%
29 Oct0.1%

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
Other Temur decks 0.4% 6%
Other Four-Color decks 0.2% 25%

Played together with

Card Together Lift
Hexhaven Dueling Arena100%1520.7
Proft, Consulting Detective100%1520.7
Hapatra, the Desert Frost100%1520.7
Fblthp, Impossibly Lost100%506.9
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

Best win rate

DeckRecord
Simic Midrange
IainMcKenzie in Magic Spotlight: Fracture - SCG CON Hartford - Saturday - 9:00 am
2-7
22%

Leagues excluded: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
Dimir Midrange
qnmzz,
2 main #264
of 269
0-1
Dimir Midrange
qnmzz,
2 main #332
of 400
0-1
Simic Midrange
IainMcKenzie,
1 main #619
of 781
2-7

Limited On MTG Arena

Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).

Win rates of Icy Reception in Limited
Set GIH WR vs set IWD Games
Reality Fracture (FRA), Premier Draft 58.6% +3.1 +4.3 40010
Reality Fracture (FRA), Sealed 58.8% +2.1 +2.4 5352
GIH WR
win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
vs set
points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
IWD
improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
Games
games in which the card was seen