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Secrets of Strixhaven: Mystical Archive · #17 · Uncommon
Disdainful Stroke
Disdainful Stroke
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Card text
Instant
Counter target spell with mana value 4 or greater.
"The clever mage knows that it does not take strength to overcome the enemy, but creativity and intelligence."
—*Forces of Negation: A Study in Countermagic*
Card details
- Set
- Liquid error (snippets/rm-card-details line 73): comparison of String with 0 failed
- Set code
- SOA
- Number
- 17
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Artist
- Matthew G. Lewis
- Card type
- Instant
- Colors
- Mono-Blue (Blue)
- Mana value
- 2
- Released
- April 24, 2026
- EDHREC rank
- #2358 on EDHREC
- Available on
- Paper, Magic Online, MTG Arena
- Language
- English
- Frame
- 2015
- Border
- Borderless
- Finishes
- Nonfoil, Foil
- Frame effects
- Inverted, Showcase
Legality
- StandardLegal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- Standard BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- AlchemyNot legal
- GladiatorLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- Pauper CommanderLegal
- Duel CommanderLegal
- PreDHNot legal
- PremodernNot legal
- Old SchoolNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- FutureLegal
Rulings (2)
If a spell has
in its mana cost, use the value chosen for X when determining the spell's mana value.A face-down spell has mana value 0 and can't be targeted by Disdainful Stroke.
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Disdainful Stroke from Secrets of Strixhaven: Mystical Archive, #17. Uncommon. Every copy is checked by hand and the photos show the actual card you'll get.
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