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Thwart

First printed in Mercadian Masques (1999)

All 3 prints

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  • The List (PLST) #MMQ-108, 2024
  • World Championship Decks 2001 (WC01) #ab108, 2001
  • Mercadian Masques (MMQ) #108, 1999

Thwart

Instant

You may return three Islands you control to their owner's hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Counter target spell.

MTGO price: 10.02 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 28 Oct 2026).

In the last 30 days 10.5% of Premodern decks played it (62 of 592). Most played in Stiflenought.

Staple

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 Not legal
  • Timeless Not legal
  • Alchemy Not legal
  • Penny Dreadful Not legal
  • Premodern Legal
  • Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

  • Gladiator Not legal

Commander formats

  • Commander Legal
  • Duel Commander Legal
  • Pauper Commander Not legal
  • PreDH Legal
  • Tiny Leaders Not legal
  • Oathbreaker Legal
  • Brawl Not legal
  • Standard Brawl Not legal
  • Competitive Brawl Not 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

Premodern Other periods →

In 62 of 592 decks (10.5%).

Share of decks
10.5%
▼ 3.1 vs previous 30 days
2026-08-06: 17.0% 2026-08-13: 18.5% 2026-08-20: 8.3% 2026-08-27: 21.7% 2026-09-03: 16.9% 2026-09-10: 13.3% 2026-09-17: 11.6% 2026-09-24: 10.0% 2026-10-01: 11.1% 2026-10-08: 9.3% 2026-10-15: 10.9% 2026-10-22: 11.5%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
62
62 main, 1 sideboard
Avg. copies
1.2
in the main deck
Win rate
58%
27 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
Stiflenought 11.1% 76%
Psychatog 3.7% 27%
UG (unclassified) 0.5% 67%
URG (unclassified) 0.5% 67%
WUG (unclassified) 0.3% 100%

Played together with

Card Together Lift
Gush100%6.2
Counterspell100%4.6
Impulse98%5.0
Foil97%6.2
Chain of Vapor95%7.3
Portent95%5.9
Powder Keg90%5.7
Daze89%7.6
Flash of Insight89%7.5
Vision Charm81%7.2

Best win rate

DeckRecord
Stiflenought
SpockVidaLoka in Premodern Challenge 16		 8-0
100%
Stiflenought
LuffyDoChapeuDePalha in Premodern Challenge 16		 7-1
88%
Stiflenought
SpockVidaLoka in Premodern Challenge 16		 6-1
86%
Stiflenought
_Dionysos_ in Premodern Challenge 16		 6-2
75%
Stiflenought
LuffyDoChapeuDePalha in Premodern Challenge 16		 6-2
75%
Stiflenought
PedraStone in Premodern Challenge 32		 6-2
75%
Stiflenought
Al1Baba in Premodern Challenge 16		 5-2
71%
Stiflenought
Haaland in Premodern Challenge 16		 5-2
71%

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

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
Stiflenought
LuffyDoChapeuDePalha, 		1 main #1
7-1
Stiflenought
_Dionysos_, 		1 main #2
6-2
Psychatog
Beicodegeia, 		1 main #26
0-2
URG
JohnStasis, 		3 main 5-0
Stiflenought
SpockVidaLoka, 		1 main #6
4-2
Stiflenought
JackSparr0w, 		1 main #8
3-3
Stiflenought
dudemanohwait, 		1 main #11
3-2
Stiflenought
LuffyDoChapeuDePalha, 		1 main #16
2-3

No recent decks in: Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander.