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Metallic Rebuke

aerAether Revolt#39common
{2}{U}
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All Printings

3 printings across 3 sets
Printings
3 total
Card details
Artist
Eric Deschamps
Frame
2015
Language
EN
Border
black
Security stamp
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
PennyNot legal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Oracle text

Instant

Improvise (Your artifacts can help cast this spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for {1}.)

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {3}.

Abilities
Improvise
SpellCounter target spell unless its controller pays {3}.
Plays as
CounterspellTreasure Payoff
Flavor & art
"Too little, too late. The machine is in motion." —Tezzeret
Illustrated by
Eric Deschamps
Rulings
  • WotCAug 7, 2020

    Equipment attached to a creature doesn't become tapped when that creature becomes tapped, and tapping that Equipment doesn't cause the creature to become tapped.

  • WotCAug 7, 2020

    If an artifact you control has a mana ability with {T} in the cost, activating that ability while casting a spell with improvise will result in the artifact being tapped when you pay the spell's costs. You won't be able to tap it again for improvise. Similarly, if you sacrifice an artifact to activate a mana ability while casting a spell with improvise, that artifact won't be on the battlefield when you pay the spell's costs, so you won't be able to tap it for improvise.

  • WotCAug 7, 2020

    Improvise can't pay for {U} in Metallic Rebuke's total cost.

  • WotCAug 7, 2020

    Improvise doesn't change a spell's mana cost or mana value.

  • WotCAug 7, 2020

    Tapping an artifact won't cause its abilities to stop applying unless those abilities say so.

  • WotCAug 7, 2020

    When calculating a spell's total cost, include any alternative costs, additional costs, or anything else that increases or reduces the cost to cast the spell. Improvise applies after the total cost is calculated.