Gainsay
Planeshift 26 • uncommon
- Set
- Planeshift
- Collector number
- 26
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Roger Raupp
- Market price
- $0.21
What it does
Counter target blue spell.
"I'd be happy to stop contradicting you, Urza, just as soon as you start being right."— Bo Levar, planeswalker
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Gainsay was released in 2001 as part of the Planeshift expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. It was designed as a blue instant spell intended to provide players with a situational countermeasure against other blue spells, reflecting the set's focus on the inter-dimensional conflict within the world of Rath and the shifting dynamics of color-aligned mechanics in early-2000s competitive play.
The card features artwork by Greg Staples, who captured the aesthetic of the Invasion block’s high-fantasy themes. His illustration emphasizes the intellectual and aggressive nature of blue magic, using a clean, evocative style that was well-received by players for its clarity and thematic consistency with the card's disruptive function in the game's evolving meta.
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