Autumn's Veil

m12Magic 2012#164uncommon
{G}
Legal in 8 of 23 formats
Treatments
Foil
Price today · this printing
Nonfoil$0.61
Foil$10.06
Foil premium
16.49×nonfoil → foil
Nonfoil
$0.61
Foil
$10.06
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Card text & rulings

Oracle text

Instant

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.

Ability breakdown
Abilities
SpellSpells 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.
Rulings
  • 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).

Market & price history

Market

M12 #164
2026-07-06
Autumn's Veil
$0.61TCGplayer market -1.6% 7d
Lowest Listing
updated 2026-07-06
Nonfoil
Lowest listingNM$0.38Buy on TCGplayer
Best buylist (NM)$0.12· Card Kingdom
Buy/Sell Gap$0.26 (+68.4%)
Foil
Lowest listingNM$8.77Buy on TCGplayer
Best buylist (NM)$8.00· Card Kingdom
Buy/Sell Gap$0.77 (+8.8%)
All finishes · 30d
updated 3h ago
Realized change · today vs 30d ago
Nonfoil$0.61 -6.2%
Foil$10.06 +1.0%
Price signals
This printing
7d
stable
14d
stable
30d
falling
High conf
Liquidity (implied)Moderate

Trend is a smoothed signal, not the raw change. The chart above shows the realized change; this is a mover-discovery read per window, not a forecast.

Across all copies

This card, all printings.

This printing is the cheapest copy: $0.47 · + shipping

Cross-printing valuation

2 printings across 2 sets
Printings
2 total
Magic 2012#164
2011 · Kekai Kotaki
$0.61$10.06
Magic 2011#162
2010 · Kekai Kotaki
$2.74$13.39

Demand signals

Plays as
Can't Be CounteredProtection Spell

Combos

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Where you can play it
commander
Legal to play
All formats
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
competitivebrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyNot legal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Flavor & art
The rustling of leaves and a passing shadow are a dryad's only trace.
Illustrated by
Kekai Kotaki
Reference & exit links
Card details
Artist
Kekai Kotaki
Frame
2003
Language
EN
Border
black
Security stamp