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Counterbalance
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Near Mint
$58.95
L: $53.00
Lightly Played
$53.90
L: $58.84
Moderately Played
$47.31
Heavily Played
$37.00
Damaged
$45.99
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Rules
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.
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Number
9
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Artist
Joseph Meehan
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Language
English
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Expansion
Amonkhet Invocations
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Rulings
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.
2006/07/15
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.
2017/04/18
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