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Counterbalance (31)

CSP · Coldsnap · uncommon

Mana cost
Mana value	2.0
Type	Enchantment
Rarity	uncommon
Colors	U
EDHREC rank	3338

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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Coldsnap $5.18 Amonkhet Invocations — Secret Lair Drop $16.01 Secret Lair Drop $4.35 The List $5.05 Mystery Booster 2 $2.37

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• 2006-07-15: 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.
• 2017-04-18: 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.

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