301 – 320 of 350 cards where the text includes “target spell”

Spiketail Hatchling (Tenth Edition #111)

Spiketail Hatchling {1}{U}

Creature — Drake

Flying (This creature can’t be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)

Sacrifice Spiketail Hatchling: Counter target spell unless its controller pays {1}.

It dodges waves of water to prepare for waves of magic.

1/1

Illustrated by Greg Staples

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Statute of Denial (Magic 2015 #79)

Statute of Denial {2}{U}{U}

Instant

Counter target spell. If you control a blue creature, draw a card, then discard a card.

“Pyrotechnic activity of any sort is strictly prohibited. It is irrelevant that today is a holiday.”

Illustrated by Zoltan Boros

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Stoic Rebuttal (Modern Masters 2015 #59)

Stoic Rebuttal {1}{U}{U}

Instant

Metalcraft — This spell costs {1} less to cast if you control three or more artifacts.

Counter target spell.

Obsessed with the pursuit of knowledge above all else, vedalken can appear to be cold and emotionless.

Illustrated by Chris Rahn

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Stymied Hopes (Theros #64)

Stymied Hopes {1}{U}

Instant

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {1}. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom of your library.)

When a god’s will is against you, the day never ends well.

Illustrated by Peter Mohrbacher

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Sublime Epiphany (Core Set 2021 #74)

Sublime Epiphany {4}{U}{U}

Instant

Choose one or more —

• Counter target spell.

• Counter target activated or triggered ability.

• Return target nonland permanent to its owner’s hand.

• Create a token that’s a copy of target creature you control.

• Target player draws a card.

Illustrated by Lindsey Look

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Sudden Setback (Murders at Karlov Manor #72)

Sudden Setback {2}{U}{U}

Instant

The owner of target spell or nonland permanent puts it on the top or bottom of their library.

“Look, buddy, you’re not in trouble. I just wanna ask you a questio—”

Illustrated by Olivier Bernard

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Suffocating Blast (Apocalypse #124)

Suffocating Blast {1}{U}{U}{R}

Instant

Counter target spell and Suffocating Blast deals 3 damage to target creature.

Illustrated by Christopher Moeller

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Sunken Field (Prophecy #51)

Sunken Field {1}{U}

Enchantment — Aura

Enchant land

Enchanted land has “{T}: Counter target spell unless its controller pays {1}.”

The land is heavy with promise, the harvest ripe with betrayal.

Illustrated by Donato Giancola

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Supreme Will (Commander Legends #102)

Supreme Will {2}{U}

Instant

Choose one —

• Counter target spell unless its controller pays {3}.

• Look at the top four cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

Illustrated by Alayna Danner

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Swerve (Shards of Alara #200)

Swerve {U}{R}

Instant

Change the target of target spell with a single target.

“We can’t beat the necromancers in numbers or raw power. We must beat them with ingenuity and timing.”
—Rannon, Vithian holdout

Illustrated by Karl Kopinski

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Syncopate (Innistrad: Crimson Vow #83)

Syncopate {X}{U}

Instant

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner’s graveyard.

“Fool! Can’t you see the tide has turned against you?”

Illustrated by Marta Nael

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Talion's Throneguard (Alchemy: Wilds of Eldraine #5)

Talion's Throneguard {2}{U}{U}

Creature — Faerie Wizard

Flash

Bargain

Flying

When Talion’s Throneguard enters the battlefield, return up to one target spell or nonland permanent to its owner’s hand. If Talion’s Throneguard was bargained, that card perpetually gains “This spell costs {2} more to cast.”

2/1

Illustrated by John Stanko

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Teferi's Contingency (Alchemy: Dominaria #27)

Teferi's Contingency {W}{U}{U}

Instant

Counter target spell. Each card in its controller’s graveyard, hand, and library with the same name as that spell perpetually gains “This spell costs {2} more to cast.”

Illustrated by Milivoj Ćeran

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Teferi's Response (Invasion #78)

Teferi's Response {1}{U}

Instant

Counter target spell or ability an opponent controls that targets a land you control. If a permanent’s ability is countered this way, destroy that permanent.

Draw two cards.

Illustrated by Scott Bailey

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Temur Charm (Commander 2020 #230)

Temur Charm {G}{U}{R}

Instant

Choose one —

• Target creature you control gets +1/+1 until end of turn. It fights target creature you don’t control.

• Counter target spell unless its controller pays {3}.

• Creatures with power 3 or less can’t block this turn.

Illustrated by Mathias Kollros

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Thassa's Intervention (Theros Beyond Death #72)

Thassa's Intervention {X}{U}{U}

Instant

Choose one —

• Look at the top X cards of your library. Put up to two of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

• Counter target spell unless its controller pays twice {X}.

“I bring a flood that nothing can withstand.”

Illustrated by Zack Stella

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Thassa's Rebuff (Born of the Gods #54)

Thassa's Rebuff {1}{U}

Instant

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}, where X is your devotion to blue. (Each {U} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to blue.)

To resist Thassa is to deny the rising tide.

Illustrated by Lucas Graciano

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Thoughtbind (Champions of Kamigawa #96)

Thoughtbind {2}{U}

Instant

Counter target spell with mana value 4 or less.

“As the rest of the mortal world waged war, Lady Azami and her students invaded tomes of knowledge. Their search yielded spells critical in the fight.”
Observations of the Kami War

Illustrated by Rob Alexander

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Thought Collapse (Jumpstart #184)

Thought Collapse {1}{U}{U}

Instant

Counter target spell. Its controller mills three cards.

“I can think of no greater punishment than answering your question in full.”
—Lazav

Illustrated by Sara Winters

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Thoughtlace (Fourth Edition #107)

Thoughtlace {U}

Instant

Target spell or permanent becomes blue. (Mana symbols on that permanent remain unchanged.)

Illustrated by Mark Poole

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