Counterspell
Tempest 57 • common
- Set
- Tempest
- Collector number
- 57
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- blue mana blue mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Stephen Daniele
- Market price
- $3.41
What it does
Counter target spell.
"It was probably a lousy spell in the first place."— Ertai, wizard adept
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Counterspell is a foundational card in Magic: The Gathering, originally debuting in the Alpha set. The Tempest edition, released in 1997, represented a distinct shift in the game's aesthetic, moving toward a more cohesive, high-fantasy art direction overseen by Wizards of the Coast as the game matured from its early, eclectic origins.
The artwork for this specific version was created by Mark Poole, an artist instrumental in defining the early visual language of the game. Poole utilized his signature fluid, mystical style to illustrate the concept of magic being nullified, a task he approached by emphasizing the ethereal and reactive nature of blue-aligned mana, which remains one of the most recognizable interpretations of the card's effect.
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