First printed in Core Set 2021 (2020)

Lofty Denial

Instant

Counter target spell unless its controller pays 1 generic . If you control a creature with flying, counter that spell unless its controller pays 4 generic instead.

MTGO price: 0.002 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 28 Oct 2026).

In the last 30 days 0.2% of Commander decks played it (10 of 6150). Most played in Derevi, Empyrial Tactician.

Legality

Constructed

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

Singleton

Gladiator Legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Legal
PreDH Not 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

Commander Other periods →

In 10 of 6150 decks (0.2%).

Share of decks

0.2%

▲ 0.1 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

10 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

60%

2 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Derevi, Empyrial Tactician	0.6%	6%
Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar + Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator	0.3%	10%
Geist of Saint Thalia	0.2%	45%
Omnath, Locus of All	0.0%	33%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Sol Ring	100%	1.0
Arcane Signet	90%	1.4
Commandeer	70%	2.8
Flusterstorm	70%	1.1
Mental Misstep	70%	1.1
Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs	60%	2.9
An Offer You Can't Refuse	60%	1.3
Force of Negation	60%	1.2
Otawara, Soaring City	60%	1.0
Mindbreak Trap	60%	1.0

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar + Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator Samuel Teoh in Quantum Nexus' Highlander 10K	3-2 60%

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

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Geist of Saint Thalia [211] Ridge Carey, 24 Oct	1 main	#41 0-3
Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar + Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator Dani Barrio [TMPL], 24 Oct	1 main	#5 1-3
Geist of Saint Thalia Matthew Morel, 18 Oct	1 main	#44 0-3
Geist of Saint Thalia Sylvie Vulpin [C4], 17 Oct	1 main	#18 0-4
Geist of Saint Thalia Anthony (Nybar), 17 Oct	1 main	#18 0-2
Derevi, Empyrial Tactician Daniel Rodríguez, 16 Oct	1 main	#5 1-1
Geist of Saint Thalia Anthony (Nybar), 10 Oct	1 main	#26 1-1
Derevi, Empyrial Tactician Daniel Rodríguez, 9 Oct	1 main	#22 0-2

No recent decks in: Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Duel Commander.