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Autumn's Veil

{G}

Instant

M11Magic 2011#162uncommon

The rustling of leaves and a passing shadow are a dryad's only trace.

Finishes
Nonfoil · Foil
Border
black
Frame
2003
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 1067
Illustrator
Kekai Kotaki
Found in
2011 Core Set MTGO Redemption Foil · 2011 Core Set MTGO Redemption · 2 more
Printings2EDHREC rank#3,101
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
BrawlNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
GladiatorNot legal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
Future StandardNot legal
Spells you control can't be countered by blue or black spells this turn, and creatures you control can't be the targets of blue or black spells this turn.
Plays as:
Can't Be CounteredProtection Spell
Market · per finishspark updated 22m ago · prices as of 2026-08-30
Nonfoil-0.7%
$1.46
$0.38 low$0.29 gapTCGplayer
Foil+5.9%
$14.26
$11.55 low-$0.95 gapTCGplayer
Cheapest playable copy$0.70· across 2 printings· view the cheapest printing ›

Rulings

7 · latest Aug 15, 2010
  • WotCAug 15, 2010

    After Autumn’s Veil resolves, any spell you control that turn can still be targeted by spells that try to counter it (such as Cancel), regardless of their color. If those spells are blue or black at the time they would resolve, they will resolve, but the part of their effect that would counter the spell you control simply won’t do anything. Any other effects those spells have will work as normal.

  • WotCAug 15, 2010

    After Autumn’s Veil resolves, no new blue or black spell may be cast that turn targeting a creature you control.

  • WotCAug 15, 2010

    Autumn’s Veil affects any spells and creatures you happen to control at any point during the rest of the turn, not just spells and creatures you control as it resolves. That’s because it doesn’t grant an ability to those spells or creatures; rather, it affects the game rules and states something that’s now true about those spells and creatures.

  • WotCAug 15, 2010

    Autumn’s Veil has no effect on abilities. After it resolves, spells you control may be countered by abilities from blue or black sources, and creatures you control may be targeted by abilities from blue or black sources.

  • WotCAug 15, 2010

    Autumn’s Veil itself may be countered by blue or black spells. Its effect doesn’t apply until after it resolves.

  • WotCAug 15, 2010

    If a creature you control is being targeted by a spell when Autumn’s Veil resolves, nothing happens right away. When that spell would resolve, its color is checked. If it’s blue or black, that creature will be an illegal target for that spell, and will be unable to be affected by it. If all that spell’s targets have become illegal by the time it would resolve, it won’t resolve.

  • WotCAug 15, 2010

    Keep in mind that an Aura spell targets the permanent it will enchant (but an Aura on the battlefield doesn’t target the permanent it’s attached to).