Whirlwind Denial
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Strixhaven Mystical ArchiveSTA · #23
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.11 € · ★ 0.18 € · 0.25 $ · ★ 0.32 $ · ★ E 0.46 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Colour
- Blue
Card text
For each spell and ability your opponents control, counter it unless its controller pays .
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PioneerLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Anato Finnstark
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2021-04-23
Flavour text
"If they try to storm your palace, you must become the storm." —*Handbook of Imperial Spellcraft*
Rulings
Among abilities, only activated and triggered abilities use the stack. Activated abilities are written in the form "[Cost]: [Effect]." Triggered abilities use the word "when," "whenever," or "at." They're often written as "[Trigger condition], [effect]." Some keyword abilities are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder texts, and some keyword abilities are triggered abilities and will have "when," "whenever," or "at" in their reminder texts.
As Whirlwind Denial resolves, first the opponent whose turn it is (or, if it's your turn, the next opponent in turn order) chooses which spells and/or abilities to pay for, then pays that amount. Then each other opponent in turn order does the same. Then all spells and abilities that weren't paid for are countered at the same time.
