Anticognition
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Zendikar RisingZNR · #45
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.07 € · ★ 0.30 € · 0.21 $ · ★ 0.32 $
- Mana value
- 2
- Colour
- Blue
Card text
Counter target creature or planeswalker spell unless its controller pays . If an opponent has eight or more cards in their graveyard, instead counter that spell, then scry 2.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- 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
- Igor Kieryluk
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2020-09-25
Flavour text
"I think not." —Flekon the Mindcensor
Rulings
An ability that offers a bonus if an opponent has eight or more cards in their graveyard won’t provide additional benefits if more than one opponent has eight or more cards in their graveyard. There are also no additional benefits no matter how many cards are in an opponent’s graveyard, as long as there are at least eight.
Anticognition can target a spell that can’t be countered. You’ll still scry 2 if an opponent has eight or more cards in their graveyard.
Anticognition will counter the spell and let you scry 2 if any opponent has eight or more cards in their graveyard, not just that spell’s controller.
If an opponent has eight or more cards in their graveyard, Anticognition can still target only a creature or planeswalker spell.
In a multiplayer game, once an opponent leaves the game, they won’t be considered for such an effect, no matter how many cards they had in their graveyard before leaving the game.