Stifle
Mystery Booster 2 173 • rare
- Set
- Mystery Booster 2
- Collector number
- 173
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- blue mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Dany Orizio
- Market price
- $7.74
What it does
Counter target activated or triggered ability. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.)
"If I wanted your opinion, I'd have told you what it was."— Pemmin, Riptide survivor
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Stifle was originally introduced in the Scourge expansion of Magic: The Gathering in 2003, designed to provide players with a versatile tool to counter activated or triggered abilities. The card quickly became a staple in eternal formats like Legacy, where its low mana cost allows players to disrupt key game-winning combos or mana-generating permanents before they can resolve.
The version from Mystery Booster 2, illustrated by Dany Orizio, retains the card's classic function while featuring a updated aesthetic consistent with the set's curated reprint list. Orizio, a veteran artist in the game, employs a dramatic, atmospheric style that captures the tension of the card’s effect, emphasizing the sudden interruption of magical energies that defines its gameplay role.
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