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🏷️ Instant-speed enabler🏷️ Counterspell

Counter target spell. If the spell is countered this way, exile it with three time counters on it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard. If it doesn't have suspend, it gains suspend. (At the beginning of its owner's upkeep, they remove a time counter. When the last is removed, they may play it without paying its mana cost. If it's a creature, it has haste.)

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Secret Lair Drop

English · 2024-08-27

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standardNOT LEGALpioneerNOT LEGALmodernLEGALlegacyLEGALvintageLEGALcommanderLEGAL

💡 Not Standard legal because this print is from Secret Lair Drop, which is a supplemental/eternal-only release.

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Oracle source: Scryfall / Wizards
Oracle updated: July 6, 2026
Legality source: Scryfall
Legality checked: July 6, 2026
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Price synced: Jul 9, 2026
Scryfall ID: 2d256283-be94-4a34-805e-fc17503c7fbd
Oracle ID: 983caa3f-7089-4e66-825d-4086a5adb9bb
TCGplayer ID: 565173

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