Counterlash
Dark Ascension 33 • rare
- Set
- Dark Ascension
- Collector number
- 33
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana blue mana blue mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Austin Hsu
- Market price
- $0.29
What it does
Counter target spell. You may cast a spell that shares a card type with it from your hand without paying its mana cost.
"Pathetic. Let me show you how it's done."
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Counterlash was released in early 2012 as part of the Dark Ascension set, the second expansion in the Innistrad block. The set was designed to explore themes of gothic horror, focusing on the encroaching darkness and the desperate struggle for survival within the plane of Innistrad. As an instant-speed card that allows a player to exile a spell and put a creature onto the battlefield, it served as a flavorful, high-variance piece of interaction suited for the block's emphasis on creature-heavy gameplay and transformative mechanics.
The card’s art was illustrated by Austin Hsu, who captured the intense, gothic aesthetic characteristic of the Innistrad setting. Hsu’s depiction focuses on the volatile, reactive nature of the magic, visualizing the counter-spell through a lens of transformation and physical manifestation. Within the Magic: The Gathering community, the card is remembered primarily as a niche, thematic inclusion for casual commander decks, prized more for its unique mechanical interaction than for competitive playability.
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