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Whirlwind Denial

staStrixhaven Mystical Archive#23uncommon
{2}{U}
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Card details
Artist
Anato Finnstark
Frame
showcase
Language
EN
Border
borderless
Security stamp
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
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Oracle text

Instant

For each spell and ability your opponents control, counter it unless its controller pays {4}.

Abilities
SpellFor each spell and ability your opponents control, counter it unless its controller pays {4}.
Plays as
Counterspell
Flavor & art
"If they try to storm your palace, you must become the storm." —*Handbook of Imperial Spellcraft*
Illustrated by
Anato Finnstark
Rulings
  • WotCJan 24, 2020

    Among abilities, only activated and triggered abilities use the stack. Activated abilities are written in the form "[Cost]: [Effect]." Triggered abilities use the word "when," "whenever," or "at." They're often written as "[Trigger condition], [effect]." Some keyword abilities are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder texts, and some keyword abilities are triggered abilities and will have "when," "whenever," or "at" in their reminder texts.

  • WotCJan 24, 2020

    As Whirlwind Denial resolves, first the opponent whose turn it is (or, if it's your turn, the next opponent in turn order) chooses which spells and/or abilities to pay for, then pays that amount. Then each other opponent in turn order does the same. Then all spells and abilities that weren't paid for are countered at the same time.