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Consider the Prime Directive {2}{U}

Instant

🏷️ Card draw (Instant)🏷️ Instant-speed enabler🏷️ Counterspell

Choose one — • Interfere — Counter target spell unless its controller pays {3}. • Observe — Tap up to one target creature and put a stun counter on it. Draw a card. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)

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Star Trek

English · 2026-11-13

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standardNOT LEGALpioneerNOT LEGALmodernNOT LEGALlegacyNOT LEGALvintageNOT LEGALcommanderNOT LEGAL

💡 Not Standard legal because this print is from Star Trek, which is not part of standard constructed formats.

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Oracle source: Scryfall / Wizards
Oracle updated: July 6, 2026
Legality source: Scryfall
Legality checked: July 6, 2026
Price source: tcgcsv / TCGplayer
Price synced: Aug 23, 2026
Scryfall ID: 4e8f75b8-cca7-4ed3-90db-bcac02e74611
Oracle ID: 9f1d416c-60de-4796-a513-097d1d9a2305
TCGplayer ID: 706149

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