Avoid Fate
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Special
- Indicative price
- 4.63 € · ★ 15.68 € · 10.96 $ · ★ 50.49 $
- Mana value
- 1
- Colour
- Green
Card text
Counter target instant or Aura spell that targets a permanent you control.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- OldschoolLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- 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
- Phil Foglio
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2006-10-06
Rulings
Avoid Fate must target an instant spell or an Aura spell as it’s cast, and it must be targeting an instant or an Aura spell at the time it resolves. It will still resolve if it starts out targeting a spell of one type but the target changes to a spell of the other type (thanks to Shunt, for instance) before it resolves.