Arcane Denial
Commander 2013 28 • common
- Set
- Commander 2013
- Collector number
- 28
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Mark Zug
- Market price
- $2.13
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.
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 first printed in the Alliances expansion in 1996, conceived as a versatile counterspell that mitigated its powerful effect by providing the opponent with card advantage. The design philosophy behind the card was to offer blue decks a way to stop threats at a lower mana cost while balancing the game state through the classic trading of resources, establishing it as a staple for multiplayer formats where political utility is as valuable as raw efficiency.
The Commander 2013 printing, featuring artwork by Anthony S. Waters, brought the card into the burgeoning Commander preconstructed deck product line. Waters’ illustration captures the ethereal, shifting nature of arcane magic, aligning with the card's theme of negation. This version is widely favored by collectors and players for its inclusion in the Mind Sieze deck, which helped solidify Arcane Denial as an essential tool for social, multi-player strategy.
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