First printed in Planar Chaos (2007)
Instant
Counter target instant or sorcery spell. Its controller reveals cards from the top of their library until they reveal an instant or sorcery card. That player may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Then the player shuffles.
- Illustrated by
- Stephen Tappin
Spellshift legality
- Legal in
- Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Penny Dreadful, Commander, Duel Commander, PreDH, Oathbreaker
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Pauper Commander, Tiny Leaders, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Rulings (3)
- If the revealed instant or sorcery card isn’t cast, it gets shuffled back into the library.
- If the targeted spell can’t be countered, it remains on the stack and the rest of Spellshift’s effect continues to happen.
- If there are no instant or sorcery cards in the player’s library, the entire library is revealed and then shuffled.
Prices
Paper price: €0.27 / $0.25 , the cheapest non-foil print (Cardmarket, and TCGplayer, otherwise Mana Pool or Card Kingdom, through MTGJSON, 10 Nov 2026).
MTGO price: 0.006 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 10 Nov 2026).
Combos
1 combo: