1 – 20 of 57 cards where the text includes “counter” and the text includes “target” and the text includes “spell” and the mana value = 4 and the card types include “instant”
Bone to Ash {2}{U}{U}
Instant
Counter target creature spell.
Draw a card.
“I can think of worse ways to go. On second thought, maybe not.”
—Ludevic, necro-alchemist
Illustrated by Clint Cearley
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Controvert {2}{U}{U}
Instant
Counter target spell.
Recover {2}{U}{U} (When a creature is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, you may pay {2}{U}{U}. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand. Otherwise, exile this card.)
Illustrated by Joel Thomas
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Countermand {2}{U}{U}
Instant
Counter target spell. Its controller mills four cards.
The physical pain was nothing compared to the agony in his mind.
Illustrated by Clint Cearley
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Crush Dissent {3}{U}
Instant
Counter target spell unless its controller pays {2}.
Amass Zombies 2. (Put two +1/+1 counters on an Army you control. It’s also a Zombie. If you don’t control an Army, create a 0/0 black Zombie Army creature token first.)
“All I ask is complete obedience.”
—Nicol Bolas
Illustrated by Mike Bierek
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
| Faces, Tokens, & Other Parts |
|---|
| Crush Dissent, WAR #47 |
| Zombie Army Token, TWAR #10 |
| Prints | USD | EUR | TIX |
|---|---|---|---|
| The List | $0.13 | €0.09 | |
| War of the Spark | $0.03 | €0.04 | 0.03 |
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Cryptic Command {1}{U}{U}{U}
Instant
Choose two —
• Counter target spell.
• Return target permanent to its owner’s hand.
• Tap all creatures your opponents control.
• Draw a card.
Illustrated by Jason Rainville
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Deny the Witch {1}{W}{U}{B}
Instant
Counter target spell, activated ability, or triggered ability. Its controller loses life equal to the number of creatures you control.
“This heresy cannot stand!”
Illustrated by Games Workshop
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Devious Cover-Up {2}{U}{U}
Instant
Counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner’s graveyard. You may shuffle up to four target cards from your graveyard into your library.
Widow Weber’s new scarecrow seemed to attract more crows than it scared off.
Illustrated by Colin Boyer
- Standard
- Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Discombobulate {2}{U}{U}
Instant
Counter target spell. Look at the top four cards of your library, then put them back in any order.
“I said ‘pick his brain,’ not ‘tear off his head.’”
—Riptide Project researcher
Illustrated by Alex Horley-Orlandelli
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Dismal Failure {2}{U}{U}
Instant
Counter target spell. Its controller discards a card.
“Two magi could trade spells all day and never crown a victor. The real battle is not one of power but of will. If your confidence breaks, so too shall you.”
—Venser
Illustrated by Dan Murayama Scott
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Dismiss {2}{U}{U}
Instant
Counter target spell.
Draw a card.
“There is nothing you can do that I cannot simply deny.”
—Ertai, wizard adept
Illustrated by Donato Giancola
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Essence Backlash {2}{U}{R}
Instant
Counter target creature spell. Essence Backlash deals damage equal to that spell’s power to its controller.
“The other guilds will learn the hard way not to interfere with our investigations.”
—Bori Andon, Izzet blastseeker
Watermark: Izzet
Illustrated by Jung Park
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Failed Inspection {2}{U}{U}
Instant
Counter target spell. Draw a card, then discard a card.
The most dangerous thing an artificer can do is believe an invention is perfect.
Illustrated by Matt Stewart
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Foil {2}{U}{U}
Instant
You may discard an Island card and another card rather than pay this spell’s mana cost.
Counter target spell.
Among wizards, poor timing is the most consistent mistake.
Illustrated by Donato Giancola
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Fold into Aether {2}{U}{U}
Instant
Counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, its controller may put a creature card from their hand onto the battlefield.
Æther portals drift across Mirrodin’s surface, dragging creatures across time and space.
Illustrated by Anthony S. Waters
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Frazzle {3}{U}
Instant
Counter target nonblue spell.
The chant was interrupted, the components cooked, and Zok worried that it was his brain he smelled smoking.
Illustrated by Pete Venters
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Fuel for the Cause {2}{U}{U}
Instant
Counter target spell, then proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
“Your ideas will be discarded and your will repurposed.”
Watermark: Phyrexian
Illustrated by Steven Belledin
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Galvanic Giant {3}{U}
Creature — Giant Wizard
Whenever you cast a spell with mana value 5 or greater, tap target creature an opponent controls and put a stun counter on it.
Storm Reading {5}{U}{U}
Instant — Adventure
Draw four cards, then discard two cards. (Then exile this card. You may cast the creature later from exile.)
Illustrated by Borja Pindado
- Standard
- Legal
- Alchemy
- Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
| Faces, Tokens, & Other Parts |
|---|
| Galvanic Giant // Storm Reading, WOE #52 |
| On an Adventure Card, TWOE #18 |
| Prints | USD | EUR | TIX |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilds of Eldraine | $0.03 | €0.09 | 0.03 |
Geist Snatch {2}{U}{U}
Instant
Counter target creature spell. Create a 1/1 blue Spirit creature token with flying.
Angels and demons aren’t the only ones listening to your prayers.
Illustrated by Dan Murayama Scott
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
| Faces, Tokens, & Other Parts |
|---|
| Geist Snatch, AVR #55 |
| Spirit Token, TAVR #4 |
| Prints | USD | EUR | TIX |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avacyn Restored | $0.03 | €0.08 | 0.03 |
Hindering Touch {3}{U}
Instant
Counter target spell unless its controller pays {2}.
Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.)
Illustrated by Glen Angus
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Hunter's Mark {3}{G}
Instant
This spell costs {3} less to cast if it targets a blue permanent you don’t control.
This spell can’t be countered.
Target creature you control gets +1/+1 until end of turn. Then it deals damage equal to its power to target creature or planeswalker you don’t control.
Illustrated by Izzy
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal