Abjure
Weatherlight 31 • common
- Set
- Weatherlight
- Collector number
- 31
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- blue mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Ted Naifeh
- Market price
- $2.17
What it does
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a blue permanent.
Counter target spell.
Mirri's hackles rose as Ertai continued expounding his virtues. "If that arrogant brat doesn't shut up soon," she growled to herself, "I'm going to have to kill him."
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Abjure was released in 1997 as part of the Weatherlight set, the final expansion in the Mirage block for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Developed during a pivotal era for the game's narrative, the set focused on the crew of the skyship Weatherlight and their quest to gather artifacts to combat the Phyrexian threat. The card was designed as a blue instant, reflecting the color's thematic reliance on countermagic and manipulation.
The card's striking illustration was provided by comic artist Ted Naifeh, who brought a distinct, stylized aesthetic to the piece that helped define the visual character of the Weatherlight expansion. Within the competitive landscape of the time, the card was notable for its unique sacrifice mechanic, allowing players to exchange a creature for a flexible counterspell, a design choice that saw it become a staple in specific tempo-oriented deck archetypes.
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