Counterlash
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Dark AscensionDKA · #33
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 0.13 € · ★ 0.87 € · 0.28 $ · ★ 0.75 $
- Mana value
- 6
- Colour
- Blue
Card text
Counter target spell. You may cast a spell that shares a card type with it from your hand without paying its mana cost.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- 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
- Austin Hsu
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2012-02-03
Flavour text
"Pathetic. Let me show you how it's done."
Rulings
If the card has in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as its value.
If you cast a card “without paying its mana cost,” you can’t pay any alternative costs. You can pay additional costs, such as kicker costs. If the card has mandatory additional costs, you must pay those.
You cast the card in your hand as part of the resolution of Counterlash. Timing restrictions based on the card’s type (such as creature or sorcery) are ignored. Other restrictions are not (such as “Cast [this card] only during combat”).
