Countervailing Winds
Instant
HOUHour of Devastation#32common
The Eternals had long since mastered every technique taught during the trials.
- Finishes
- Nonfoil · Foil
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 2015
- Pull rate
- about 1 per booster–1 in 652
- Illustrator
- Tyler Jacobson
- Found in
- Hour of Devastation MTGO Redemption Foil · Hour of Devastation MTGO Redemption · 2 more
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
Constructed
StandardNot legal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperLegal
Commander
CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
Arena
AlchemyNot legal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal
Other
PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
Future StandardNot legal
Counter target spell unless its controller pays 
for each card in your graveyard.
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
for each card in your graveyard.
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)Cycling
Plays as:
Counterspell
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Rulings
1 · latest Jul 14, 2017
- WotCJul 14, 2017
Count the number of cards in your graveyard as Countervailing Winds resolves to determine how much mana the controller of the target spell must pay to avoid the spell being countered. Countervailing Winds is still on the stack at this time and won’t count toward this number.