Counterspell
Strixhaven Mystical Archive 15 • rare
- Set
- Strixhaven Mystical Archive
- Collector number
- 15
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- blue mana blue mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Olena Richards
- Market price
- $6.50
What it does
Counter target spell.
"One need not know the specific details of a spell to suppress its effect. Simply rearrange the rules of the reality within which the spell operates."— Imbraham, Quandrix dean
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 one of the most iconic cards in Magic: The Gathering, first appearing in the Limited Edition Alpha set in 1993. It serves as a foundational element of blue-aligned gameplay, representing the color's core philosophy of negating threats through intellectual intervention. Its inclusion in the Strixhaven: School of Mages Mystical Archive set was intended to highlight the most powerful instant and sorcery spells throughout the game's history, framed within the aesthetic of a prestigious magical university.
The Strixhaven Mystical Archive version features original artwork by Olena Richards, who adopted a distinct, elegant style to fit the academic theme of the Strixhaven campus. Her illustration focuses on the fluid, arcane geometry of a spell being dismantled mid-cast, moving away from traditional fantasy tropes to embrace a more refined, illustrative approach. This design was widely praised by the player community for its sophisticated visual departure from previous iterations while maintaining the card's essential identity as a quintessential tool for control decks.
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