Cards/Amonkhet Invocations/Counterbalance
Counterbalance
Enchantment
Oracle Text
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may reveal the top card of your library. If you do, counter that spell if it has the same mana value as the revealed card.
- Set
- Amonkhet Invocations (MP2)
- Number
- #9
- Rarity
- Special
- Artist
- Joseph Meehan
- Frame
- 2015
- Border
- Borderless
- Language
- EN
- Finishes
- Foil
- USD Foil
- $58.24
- EUR Foil
- €40.22
- MTGO Tix
- 1.92
Indicative figures.
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Rulings2
If an opponent casts a spell with X in its mana cost, the mana value of that spell takes the value of X into account. If you reveal a card with X in its mana cost, X is 0. For example, if your opponent casts Blaze with X=1, Counterbalance will counter that spell if you reveal a card with mana value 2, but it won't counter that spell if you reveal a Blaze of your own.
If an opponent casts half of a split card (for example, Hit), it won't be countered if you reveal that same split card. The mana value of a split card is determined by the combined mana cost of its two halves, but the mana value of Hit is determined using only that half's mana cost.
Print Details
- Set
- Amonkhet Invocations (MP2)
- Number
- #9
- Rarity
- Special
- Artist
- Joseph Meehan
- Frame
- 2015
- Border
- Borderless
- Language
- EN
- Finishes
- Foil
Value
- USD Foil
- $58.24
- EUR Foil
- €40.22
- MTGO Tix
- 1.92
Indicative figures.






