Condescend
World Championship Decks 2004 gn27 • common
- Set
- World Championship Decks 2004
- Collector number
- gn27
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- X mana blue mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Ron Spears
- Finish
- Gold
What it does
Counter target spell unless its controller pays X mana. Scry 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Condescend was originally printed as a common in the Fifth Dawn set of Magic: The Gathering in 2004, serving as a versatile counterspell that utilized the scry mechanic to allow players to manipulate the top of their library. It was quickly recognized by competitive players for its utility in control archetypes, offering both defensive interaction and card selection in a single blue mana-efficient package.
This specific version originates from the 2004 World Championship Decks, a product line released by Wizards of the Coast that provided exact, non-tournament-legal replicas of the decks used by the top players at that year's world event. The card features the signature of the professional player who utilized it in their deck list, maintaining the original art by Arnie Swekel, which illustrates the cold, authoritative aesthetic fitting for a counter-magic spell.
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