Counterlash
Instant
DKADark Ascension#33rare
"Pathetic. Let me show you how it's done."
- Finishes
- Nonfoil · Foil
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 2003
- Pull rate
- about 1 per booster–1 in 1304
- Illustrator
- Austin Hsu
- Found in
- Dark Ascension MTGO Redemption Foil · Dark Ascension MTGO Redemption · 2 more
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
Constructed
StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal
Commander
CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
Arena
AlchemyNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
BrawlNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
Other
PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
Future StandardNot legal
Counter target spell. You may cast a spell that shares a card type with it from your hand without paying its mana cost.
Plays as:
Counterspell
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Rulings
3 · latest Jan 22, 2011
- WotCJan 22, 2011
If the card has
in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as its value. - WotCJan 22, 2011
If you cast a card “without paying its mana cost,” you can’t pay any alternative costs. You can pay additional costs, such as kicker costs. If the card has mandatory additional costs, you must pay those.
- WotCJan 22, 2011
You cast the card in your hand as part of the resolution of Counterlash. Timing restrictions based on the card’s type (such as creature or sorcery) are ignored. Other restrictions are not (such as “Cast [this card] only during combat”).