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Withering Boon
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
MirageMIR · #152
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 7.11 € · 11.17 $
- Mana value
- 2
- Colour
- Black
Card text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay 3 life. Counter target creature spell.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PredhLegal
- PremodernLegal
- 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
- Robert Bliss
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 1996-10-08
Flavour text
"Life for life: this is the immutable law." —Panya, Granger Guildmage
Rulings
The payment of 3 life is an additional cost of casting the spell.
A “creature spell” is any spell with the type Creature, even if it has other types such as Artifact or Enchantment. Older cards of type Summon are also Creature spells.