Wizard's Retort
The List DOM-75 • uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Collector number
- DOM-75
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana blue mana blue mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Grzegorz Rutkowski
- Market price
- $0.36
What it does
This spell costs 1 generic mana less to cast if you control a Wizard.
Counter target spell.
"The second mage learned to dissipate blasts of lightning. Threat and response: thus did the study of magic progress."— Naban, dean of iteration
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Wizard's Retort originally debuted in the 2018 Dominaria set, designed as a spiritual successor to the iconic Counterspell. Wizards of the Coast sought to provide a balanced, flavorful permission spell for the Standard environment by requiring the presence of a Wizard on the battlefield to reduce its mana cost, thereby encouraging tribal synergies within the blue color identity.
The card features artwork by Clint Cearley, who depicted a robed figure casting a protective barrier. When the card was later included in 'The List'—a rotating pool of cards pulled from Magic's history to appear in Set Boosters—it gained renewed visibility, serving as a reminder of the game's long-standing mechanical archetypes and the evolution of countermagic design.
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