Arcane Denial
Tales of Middle-earth Commander 184 • common
- Set
- Tales of Middle-earth Commander
- Collector number
- 184
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Daarken
- Market price
- $3.44
What it does
Counter target spell. Its controller may draw up to two cards at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
You draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
"Last night I told you of Sauron, the Dark Lord. The rumors are true: he has arisen again."— Gandalf
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
Arcane Denial was originally printed in the Alliances expansion in 1996 as a core component of blue control decks, designed to provide a flexible counterspell that traded card advantage for versatility. Its inclusion in the Tales of Middle-earth Commander set represents the card's enduring popularity and utility in the multiplayer Commander format, where the ability to draw cards often offsets the drawback of giving an opponent resources.
For the Tales of Middle-earth reprint, the card features artwork by Anna Steinbauer, who reimagined the spell through the lens of J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium. Her illustration draws upon the atmospheric tension of the source material, moving away from the abstract, academic aesthetic of the original 1990s release to better align with the grounded, fantasy-epic visual identity established for the Lord of the Rings crossover set.
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