Rust
Instant
LEGLegends#203common
"How dull it is to pause, to make an end,/ To rust unburnished, not to shine in use,/ As though to breathe were life!" —Alfred, Lord Tennyson, "Ulysses"
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 1993
- Pull rate
- ~1 in 5–2507
- Illustrator
- Liz Danforth
- Found in
- Legends Booster Pack · Legends Italian Booster Pack · Dominaria United Collector Booster Pack
CommanderLegalModernNot legalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolLegal
PauperLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
PennyNot legal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Counter target activated ability from an artifact source. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.)
Plays as: Counterspell
Market · per finishspark updated 8h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil-1.7%
$0.58
$0.25 low$0.19 gap
Finish
Market
Δ 7D · Trend
Low
Buylist
Buy / Sell Gap
Nonfoil
$0.58as of 2026-07-12
-1.7%
H $0.60L $0.28since Feb 2024$0.25
$0.06
$0.19+76% · normal spread
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Low: tcgplayer
Buylist: cardkingdom
Cheapest playable copy$0.58· across 1 printing
Rulings
2 · latest Jun 8, 2016 · one tap opens all
- WotCJun 8, 2016
Activated abilities contain a colon. They’re generally written “[Cost]: [Effect].” Some keywords are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text.
- WotCOct 4, 2004
Can’t be used on mana abilities because they don’t use the stack. They’ve already resolved by the time you get priority.