Punish Ignorance
Instant
ALAShards of Alara#183rare
Foil
"Amateurish. Nearsighted. A waste of my time and everyone else's." —Indra, nullmage of Vectis
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 2003
- Pull rate
- about 1 per booster–1 in 1793
- Illustrator
- Shelly Wan
- Found in
- Shards of Alara MTGO Redemption · Shards of Alara MTGO Redemption Foil · 3 more
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyLegal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
Counter target spell. Its controller loses 3 life and you gain 3 life.
Plays as: Counterspell · Drain
Market · per finishspark updated 14h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil-3.7%
$0.26
$0.15 low$0.12 gap
Foil+0.0%
$1.43
$0.50 low-$0.55 gap
Finish
Market
Δ 7D · Trend
Low
Buylist
Buy / Sell Gap
Nonfoil
$0.26as of 2026-07-12
-3.7%
H $0.35L $0.19since Feb 2024$0.15
$0.03
$0.12+80% · normal spread
VenuesHide venues
Low: tcgplayer
Buylist: cardkingdom
Foil
$1.43as of 2026-07-12
+0.0%
H $1.43L $0.55since Feb 2024$0.50
$1.05
-$0.55-110% · buylist > ask
VenuesHide venues
Low: tcgplayer
Buylist: cardkingdom
Cheapest playable copy$0.26· across 1 printing
Rulings
1 · latest Oct 1, 2008 · one tap opens all
- WotCOct 1, 2008
You may target a spell that “can’t be countered” with Punish Ignorance. If you do, the first part of Punish Ignorance’s effect won’t do anything, but the life-loss and life-gain effects will still work.