Counterspell
URL/Convention Promos 2 • rare
- Set
- URL/Convention Promos
- Collector number
- 2
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- blue mana blue mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Pauline Voss
- Finish
- Foil
What it does
Counter target spell.
"By the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth, I deny you!"
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
This version of Counterspell was released as a promotional item during the 2004 Magic: The Gathering World Championship held in San Francisco. As part of a series of convention promos, it served to commemorate the high-level tournament play that defines the professional circuit, providing players with a visually distinct version of one of the game's most iconic and strategically vital spells.
The artwork was commissioned from illustrator Pauline Voss, who utilized her signature ethereal style to reinterpret the classic blue control mechanic. By focusing on the concept of magical negation rather than a literal spell battle, Voss shifted the aesthetic toward a more abstract, atmospheric representation, which received positive feedback from players looking for a cleaner, more artistic departure from traditional fantasy creature-centric card art.
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