First printed in Throne of Eldraine (2019)

All 5 prints

Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2617, 2026
Mystery Booster 2 (MB2) #31, 2024
Regional Championship Qualifiers 2023 (PR23) #1, 2023
Planeswalker Championship Promos (PWCS) #2020-4, 2020
Throne of Eldraine (ELD) #58, 2019

Mystical Dispute

Instant

This spell costs 2 generic less to cast if it targets a blue spell.
Counter target spell unless its controller pays 3 generic .

In the last 30 days 28.1% of Modern decks played it (38 of 135). Most played in Amulet Titan. In the last 30 days 10.5% of Vintage decks played it (2 of 19). Most played in WUB (unclassified).

Staple

Modern staples: sideboard, 28% of decks (#5)
Blue, Instants, Counterspells

Last 120 days of MTGO results.

Legality

Constructed

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not 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 Not 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

Modern Other periods →

In 38 of 135 decks (28.1%).

Share of decks

28.1%

vs previous 30 days

Decks

0 main, 38 sideboard

Avg. copies

–

in the main deck

Win rate

58%

5 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Amulet Titan	5.9%	25%
Affinity	5.2%	43%
Boros Energy	5.2%	14%
WUBRG (unclassified)	5.2%	100%
Azorius Control	3.7%	100%
Domain Zoo	3.7%	100%
WUB (unclassified)	3.7%	40%
UB (unclassified)	3.0%	25%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

Deck	Record
UG FakeShaver in Modern Challenge 32	7-2 78%
WUR Bails76 in Modern Challenge 32	6-2 75%
UBG BvV in Modern Challenge 32	5-2 71%
WUBRG JPA93 in Modern Challenge 16	5-2 71%
Domain Zoo kasa in Modern Challenge 32	4-2 67%
Mono-Blue E90_DeliveryBoy in Modern Challenge 32	4-2 67%
Domain Zoo Sarlanga in Modern Challenge 32	4-2 67%
Affinity solaec0501 in Modern Challenge 32	4-2 67%

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

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
WUR Bails76, 28 Oct	3 side	#3 6-2
Azorius Control eclipse4343, 28 Oct	4 side	#9 4-2
Domain Zoo Sarlanga, 28 Oct	2 side	#10 4-2
Domain Zoo kasa, 28 Oct	3 side	#12 4-2
Affinity solaec0501, 28 Oct	2 side	#13 4-2
Azorius Control mlex, 28 Oct	3 side	#14 4-2
Mono-Blue E90_DeliveryBoy, 28 Oct	3 side	#15 4-2
Amulet Titan Mistakenn, 28 Oct	2 side	#17 4-2

Vintage Other periods →

In 2 of 19 decks (10.5%).