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Pact of Negation

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updated 2026-06-21
Nonfoil$84.04
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Foil$105.37
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Card details
Artist
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt
Frame
inverted
Language
EN
Border
borderless
Security stamp
triangle
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyNot legal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Oracle text

Instant

Counter target spell.

At the beginning of your next upkeep, pay {3}{U}{U}. If you don't, you lose the game.

Abilities
SpellCounter target spell.
TriggeredAt the beginning of your next upkeep, pay {3}{U}{U}. If you don't, you lose the game.
Plays as
Counterspell
Flavor & art
At that moment Gandalf lifted his staff, and crying aloud he smote the bridge before him.
Illustrated by
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt
Rulings
  • WotCMar 19, 2021

    If Pact of Negation is countered or otherwise doesn't resolve (perhaps because its target became illegal), the delayed triggered ability that threatens you with a game loss won't trigger at the beginning of your next upkeep.

  • WotCMar 19, 2021

    If Pact of Negation resolves with a legal target but fails to counter that spell (most likely because that spell can't be countered), the delayed triggered ability will still trigger at the beginning of your next upkeep and you will have to pay. Or else.

  • WotCJun 7, 2013

    Although originally printed with a characteristic-defining ability that defined its color, this card now has a color indicator. This color indicator can't be affected by text-changing effects (such as the one created by Crystal Spray), although color-changing effects can still overwrite it.