Countervailing Winds
Instant
Rarity
Common
Mana Cost
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no price Cheapest printing: hou €0.10
Artist
Tyler Jacobson
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Oracle Text
Counter target spell unless its controller pays
for each card in your graveyard.
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
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A keyword ability that lets a card be discarded and replaced with a new card. See rule 702.29, “Cycling.”
Rulings (1)
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Wizards of the CoastCount the number of cards in your graveyard as Countervailing Winds resolves to determine how much mana the controller of the target spell must pay to avoid the spell being countered. Countervailing Winds is still on the stack at this time and won’t count toward this number.