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Spellshift

Magic: The GatheringPlanar Chaos#47

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Mana cost

Planar ChaosPLC · #47

Card type: Instant
Rarity: Rare
Indicative price: 0.13 € · ★ 1.33 € · 0.25 $ · ★ 1.61 $
Mana value: 4
Colour: Blue

Card text

Counter target instant or sorcery spell. Its controller reveals cards from the top of their library until they reveal an instant or sorcery card. That player may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Then the player shuffles.

Format legality

CommanderLegal
DuelLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PennyLegal
PredhLegal
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: Stephen Tappin
Card language: English
Release date: 2007-02-02

Rulings

2007-02-01

If the revealed instant or sorcery card isn’t cast, it gets shuffled back into the library.

2007-02-01

If the targeted spell can’t be countered, it remains on the stack and the rest of Spellshift’s effect continues to happen.

2007-02-01

If there are no instant or sorcery cards in the player’s library, the entire library is revealed and then shuffled.