Countervailing Winds
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Hour of DevastationHOU · #32
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.20 € · ★ 0.68 € · 0.18 $ · ★ 0.54 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Colour
- Blue
Card text
Counter target spell unless its controller pays for each card in your graveyard. Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PennyLegal
- 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
- Tyler Jacobson
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2017-07-14
Flavour text
The Eternals had long since mastered every technique taught during the trials.
Rulings
Count the number of cards in your graveyard as Countervailing Winds resolves to determine how much mana the controller of the target spell must pay to avoid the spell being countered. Countervailing Winds is still on the stack at this time and won’t count toward this number.
