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Wizard's Retort
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
JumpstartJMP · #198
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.31 € · 0.32 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Colour
- Blue
Card text
This spell costs less to cast if you control a Wizard. Counter target spell.
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
- Grzegorz Rutkowski
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2020-07-17
Flavour text
"The second mage learned to dissipate blasts of lightning. Threat and response: thus did the study of magic progress." —Naban, dean of iteration
Rulings
Once you announce that you’re casting Wizard’s Retort, no player may take other actions until the spell’s been paid for. Notably, players can’t try to raise the spell’s cost by removing your Wizards.
