Stifle
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Magic Online PromosPRM · #43540
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- Price unavailable
- Mana value
- 1
- Colour
- Blue
Card text
Counter target activated or triggered ability. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.)
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PredhLegal
- PremodernLegal
- 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
- Eric Fortune
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2002-06-24
Rulings
An activated ability has a "Cost: Effect" format. Look for the colon. A triggered ability starts with "when", "whenever", or "at".
It can target delayed triggered abilities. For example, a card that says "Whenever a player cycles a card, you may exile target creature. If you do, return that creature to the battlefield at the beginning of the end step." triggers when a player cycles a card and creates a delayed trigger that happens at the beginning of the end step. You can choose to target the "at the beginning of the end step" trigger when it is placed on the stack at end of turn.
Turn-based actions and special actions like the normal card draw, combat damage, or turning a face-down creature face up can't be targeted.
