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cspColdsnap#30uncommon
{2}{U}{U}
Legal in 7 of 23 formats
Treatments
Foil
Price today · this printing
Nonfoil$0.24
Foil$0.93
Foil premium
3.88×nonfoil → foil
Nonfoil
$0.24
Foil
$0.93
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Card text & rulings

Oracle text

Instant

Counter target spell.

Recover {2}{U}{U} (When a creature is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, you may pay {2}{U}{U}. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand. Otherwise, exile this card.)

Ability breakdown
Abilities
Recover {2}{U}{U}
SpellCounter target spell.

Market & price history

Market

CSP #30
2026-07-06
Controvert
$0.24TCGplayer market▲ 0.0% 7d
Lowest Listing
updated 2026-07-06
Nonfoil
Lowest listingNM$0.09Buy on TCGplayer
Best buylist (NM)$0.01· Card Kingdom
Buy/Sell Gap$0.08 (+88.9%)
Foil
Lowest listingNM$0.40Buy on TCGplayer
Best buylist (NM)$0.08· Card Kingdom
Buy/Sell Gap$0.32 (+80.0%)
All finishes · 30d
updated 5h ago
Realized change · today vs 30d ago
Nonfoil$0.24▲ +4.3%
Foil$0.93▲ 0.0%
Price signals
This printing
7d
stable
14d
stable
30d
rising
High conf
Liquidity (implied)Thin

Trend is a smoothed signal, not the raw change. The chart above shows the realized change; this is a mover-discovery read per window, not a forecast.

Demand signals

Plays as
RecursionCounterspell

Combos

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Where you can play it
commander
Legal to play
All formats
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
competitivebrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyNot legal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
Flavor & art
Illustrated by
Joel Thomas
Reference & exit links
Card details
Artist
Joel Thomas
Frame
2003
Language
EN
Border
black
Security stamp
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