First printed in Modern Horizons (2019)

All 9 prints

Avatar: The Last Airbender Eternal (TLE) #13, 2025
Final Fantasy Regional Promos (RFIN) #J1, 2025
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #102237, 2022 (digital)
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #91237, 2022 (digital)
Double Masters 2022 (2X2) #346, 2022
Double Masters 2022 (2X2) #429, 2022
Double Masters 2022 (2X2) #50, 2022
Modern Horizons 1 Timeshifts (H1R) #9, 2021
Modern Horizons (MH1) #52, 2019

Force of Negation

Instant

If it's not your turn, you may exile a blue card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Counter target noncreature spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.

In the last 30 days 12.6% of Modern decks played it (17 of 135). Most played in WUBRG (unclassified). In the last 30 days 46.2% of Legacy decks played it (48 of 104). Most played in UBG (unclassified).

Staple

Modern staples: main deck, 12% of decks (#49); sideboard, 3% of decks (#75)
Blue, Instants, Counterspells
Legacy staples: main deck, 17% of decks (#26); sideboard, 35% of decks (#2)
Blue, Instants, Counterspells
Vintage staples: main deck, 26% of decks (#48); sideboard, 37% of decks (#6)
Blue, Instants, Counterspells

Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.

Legality

Constructed

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not 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 17 of 135 decks (12.6%).

Share of decks

12.6%

vs previous 30 days

Decks

16 main, 4 sideboard

Avg. copies

2.5

in the main deck

Win rate

57%

3 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
WUBRG (unclassified)	5.2%	43%
Azorius Control	3.7%	20%
WUB (unclassified)	3.7%	40%
UB (unclassified)	3.0%	25%
UBG (unclassified)	3.0%	100%
Goryo's Vengeance	1.5%	100%
Mono-Blue (unclassified)	1.5%	100%
UBRG (unclassified)	1.5%	50%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs	63%	4.0
Subtlety	50%	8.4
Spell Snare	50%	6.1
Undercity Sewers	50%	5.2
Psychic Frog	50%	5.2
Watery Grave	50%	4.8
Quantum Riddler	50%	3.8
Flooded Strand	50%	2.6
Thoughtseize	50%	2.2
Polluted Delta	50%	1.9

Best win rate

Deck	Record
WUR Bails76 in Modern Challenge 32	6-2 75%
UBG BvV in Modern Challenge 32	5-2 71%
Mono-Blue E90_DeliveryBoy in Modern Challenge 32	4-2 67%
Azorius Control mlex in Modern Challenge 32	4-2 67%
Mono-Blue E90_DeliveryBoy in Modern Challenge 32	4-2 67%
WUBRG Dopedafi in Modern Challenge 32	4-2 67%
UBG OiGachi1 in Modern Challenge 32	4-2 67%
UBG ETBJezus in Modern Challenge 32	5-3 63%

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

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
WUR Bails76, 28 Oct	1 main	#3 6-2
Azorius Control mlex, 28 Oct	1 main	#14 4-2
Mono-Blue E90_DeliveryBoy, 28 Oct	3 main	#15 4-2
UB huyuCD, 28 Oct	1 main	#18 3-3
WUBRG MeninooNey, 28 Oct	4 main	#21 3-3
Goryo's Vengeance Rvng, 28 Oct	2 main	5-0
UBG BvV, 27 Oct	3 main	#7 5-2
Mono-Blue E90_DeliveryBoy, 27 Oct	3 main	#13 4-2

Legacy Other periods →

In 48 of 104 decks (46.2%).

Share of decks

46.2%

vs previous 30 days

Decks

18 main, 36 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.8

in the main deck

Win rate

58%

4 top 8 (challenges only)