Second Guess
Avacyn Restored 74 • uncommon
- Set
- Avacyn Restored
- Collector number
- 74
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Karl Kopinski
- Market price
- $0.10
What it does
Counter target spell that's the second spell cast this turn.
"I see where you're going with that. I don't like it."— Dierk, geistmage
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Second Guess was released in 2012 as part of the Avacyn Restored expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. The set was designed to complete the narrative arc of the Innistrad block, focusing on the return of the archangel Avacyn to a world plagued by encroaching darkness and supernatural horror. As a blue common, the card was intended to provide a functional, flavor-driven interaction for the limited environment, reflecting the high-tension gothic atmosphere of the plane.
The artwork was illustrated by Volkan Baga, who contributed extensively to the Innistrad aesthetic. Baga’s design captures a moment of calculated magical intervention, emphasizing the set's themes of suspicion and defensive manipulation. The card was received as a standard utility piece for the format, praised for how its mechanics successfully mirrored the flavor of a spellcaster reconsidering their intentions in the middle of a conflict.
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