Name
Counterlash
Mana Cost
Type
Instant
Set
Dark Ascension
Rarity
Rare
Text
Counter target spell. You may cast a spell that shares a card type with it from your hand without paying its mana cost.
Flavor Text
"Pathetic. Let me show you how it's done."
Number
#33
Other Prints
The List
Legal Formats
Commander | Duel | Legacy | Modern | Oathbreaker | Penny | Vintage
Availability
Magic Online | Paper
Rulings
(22/01/2011)
If you cast a card “without paying its mana cost,” you can’t pay any alternative costs. You can pay additional costs, such as kicker costs. If the card has mandatory additional costs, you must pay those.
(22/01/2011)
If the card has in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as its value.
(22/01/2011)
You cast the card in your hand as part of the resolution of Counterlash. Timing restrictions based on the card’s type (such as creature or sorcery) are ignored. Other restrictions are not (such as “Cast this card only during combat”).
Artist
Austin Hsu
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