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Frightful Delusion
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
InnistradISD · #57
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.07 € · ★ 0.21 € · 0.09 $ · ★ 0.38 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Colour
- Blue
Card text
Counter target spell unless its controller pays . That player discards a card.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PennyLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
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Printing information
- Illustrator
- Anthony Palumbo
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2011-09-30
Flavour text
Whether he actually exists is in question, but the terror she feels is excruciatingly real.
Rulings
The player discards a card even if they pay .
You must target a spell in order to cast Frightful Delusion. You can’t cast it without a legal target just to make a player discard a card.