Countervailing Winds
Hour of Devastation 32 • common
- Set
- Hour of Devastation
- Collector number
- 32
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Tyler Jacobson
- Market price
- $0.18
What it does
Counter target spell unless its controller pays 1 generic mana for each card in your graveyard.
Cycling 2 generic mana (2 generic mana, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
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Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Countervailing Winds was released in 2017 as part of the Hour of Devastation set for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Developed by Wizards of the Coast, the set serves as the second half of the Amonkhet block, depicting a world suffering under the return of the dragon god Nicol Bolas. The card was designed as a blue-aligned utility spell, emphasizing the set's themes of environmental collapse and the harsh, shifting climate of the plane.
The card features illustration by Johann Bodin, who worked to capture the visceral sense of desert magic and the volatile nature of the storms plaguing the landscape. Mechanically, the card was intended to provide players with a situational countermeasure that scales in efficacy as the game progresses, reflecting the growing intensity of the 'winds' depicted in the artwork. It was well-received by players for its thematic resonance and its utility in limited formats.
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