Countermand
Journey into Nyx 33 • common
- Set
- Journey into Nyx
- Collector number
- 33
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana blue mana blue mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Clint Cearley
- Market price
- $0.07
What it does
Counter target spell. Its controller mills four cards.
The physical pain was nothing compared to the agony in his mind.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Countermand was released in 2014 as part of the Journey into Nyx expansion, the final set in the Theros block for Magic: The Gathering. The set was designed to explore the intersection of Greek mythology and the game’s unique enchantment-based mechanics, focusing on the gods of the plane of Theros and their influence on the mortal realm.
The card features artwork by Clint Cearley, who aimed to visualize the concept of divine negation through the aesthetic language of the Therosian deities. The illustration reflects the set's high-fantasy, divine-inspired art direction, capturing the precise moment an incantation is interrupted. Upon release, it was recognized primarily as a functional addition to Limited play environments, serving as a standard blue counterspell that reinforced the set's thematic focus on spell manipulation.
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