First printed in Scourge (2003)

All 9 prints

Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1787, 2024
Mystery Booster 2 (MB2) #173, 2024
Historic Anthology 5 (HA5) #8, 2021 (digital)
Amonkhet Invocations (MP2) #18, 2017
Conspiracy (CNS) #108, 2014
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #43540, 2012 (digital)
Judge Gift Cards 2009 (G09) #3, 2009
World Championship Decks 2004 (WC04) #gn52sb, 2004
Scourge (SCG) #52, 2003

Stifle

Instant

Counter target activated or triggered ability. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.)

In the last 30 days 3.8% of Legacy decks played it (7 of 182). Most played in Bant Murktide. In the last 30 days 12.2% of Premodern decks played it (5 of 41). Most played in Mono-Blue (unclassified).

Staple

Legacy staples: main deck, 4% of decks (#160)
Blue, Instants, Counterspells
Premodern staples: main deck, 10% of decks (#56)
Blue, Instants, Counterspells

Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.

Legality

Constructed

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

Singleton

Gladiator Legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Not legal
PreDH 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

Legacy Other periods →

In 7 of 182 decks (3.8%).

Share of decks

3.8%

vs previous 30 days

Decks

4 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

2.8

in the main deck

Win rate

50%

0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Bant Murktide	7.1%	46%
UR (unclassified)	2.2%	25%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Murktide Regent	100%	5.0
Volcanic Island	100%	4.7
Polluted Delta	100%	3.0
Flooded Strand	100%	2.5
Ponder	100%	2.2
Brainstorm	100%	2.0
Force of Will	100%	2.0
Wasteland	100%	1.9
Consign to Memory	75%	19.5
Quantum Riddler	75%	7.8

Best win rate

Deck	Record
UR TheGenz in Legacy Challenge 32	3-3 50%
Bant Murktide Leian Xu in BCDL 29 - Texas	2-3 40%

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

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
UR TheGenz, 27 Oct	2 main	#23 3-3
Bant Murktide cgouldner, 27 Oct	3 main	5-0
Bant Murktide ekulking, 27 Oct	3 main	5-0
Bant Murktide lylogoyf, 26 Oct	3 main	5-0
Bant Murktide Tom G, 24 Oct	3 main	#15 2-2
Bant Murktide David Fresh, 24 Oct	4 main	#23 1-2
Bant Murktide Leian Xu, 24 Oct	4 main	#33 2-3

Premodern Other periods →

In 5 of 41 decks (12.2%).