Counterbalance
Mystery Booster 2 157 • uncommon
- Set
- Mystery Booster 2
- Collector number
- 157
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- blue mana blue mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- John Zeleznik
- Market price
- $3.01
What it does
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may reveal the top card of your library. If you do, counter that spell if it has the same mana value as the revealed card.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Counterbalance was originally printed in the Coldsnap expansion for Magic: The Gathering in 2006, designed as part of the 'Top-Deck Manipulation' archetype that rewards players for knowing the contents of their library. The card gained significant notoriety for its role in competitive eternal formats, where it was frequently paired with Sensei's Divining Top to create a powerful defensive lock that could counter nearly any spell the opponent played.
This version of the card appeared in Mystery Booster 2, a product designed to showcase a wide variety of reprints and experimental designs from the game's history. The artwork for this specific reprint is by John Zeleznik, who has contributed numerous illustrations to the game since the mid-1990s, utilizing a distinctively gritty, high-contrast style that reflects the aesthetic of the era in which the card was first introduced.
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