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Tibalt's Trickery

{1}{R}

Instant

PKHMKaldheim Promos#153srare
Banned in ModernBanned in Historic
Promo
Prerelease
Finishes
Foil
Border
black
Security stamp
oval
Frame
2015
Pull rate
~1 in 74
Illustrator
Anna Podedworna
Found in
Kaldheim Prerelease Pack
Printings6EDHREC rank#592
CommanderLegalModernBannedStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerLegal
ModernBanned
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricBanned
TimelessRestricted
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
Future StandardNot legal
Counter target spell. Choose 1, 2, or 3 at random. Its controller mills that many cards, then exiles cards from the top of their library until they exile a nonland card with a different name than that spell. They may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Then they put the exiled cards on the bottom of their library in a random order.
Plays as:
Cast From ExileSelf MillCounterspellMill FinisherOpponent Mill
Market · per finishspark updated 2h ago · prices as of 2026-08-30
Foil-4.1%
$25.97
$19.98 low$6.48 gapTCGplayer
Cheapest playable copy$11.10· across 6 printings· view the cheapest printing ›

Rulings

5 · latest Feb 5, 2021
  • WotCFeb 5, 2021

    If a player casts a spell "without paying its mana cost," they can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs. They can, however, pay additional costs, such as kicker costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, those must be paid to cast the spell.

  • WotCFeb 5, 2021

    If the spell has {X} in its mana cost, they must choose 0 as the value of X.

  • WotCFeb 5, 2021

    If the spell that's countered was the back face of a modal double-faced card, no card in the player's library will have the same name as that spell because those cards all use only their front-face characteristics while in the library; however, if the first card the player exiles that has a different name than the spell is a modal double-faced card, they may cast either face, even if the back face has the same name as the countered spell.

  • WotCFeb 5, 2021

    If there aren't any nonland cards in that library with a different name than the countered spell, the player will exile all cards from their library, revealing all of them, and then they'll put those cards on the bottom of their library in a random order.

  • WotCFeb 5, 2021

    Tibalt's Trickery can target a spell that can't be countered. If Tibalt's Trickery resolves, the target spell won't be countered, but all of the other effects will still happen.