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"Find me cards equivalent to: Pact of Negation"

Equivalent cards to Pact of Negation (blue Instants that counter a spell, often with an alternate or delayed cost):

  • Force of Will: Counter target spell, exile a blue card and pay 1 life instead of mana.
  • Disrupting Shoal: Counter spell if you exile a blue card with the same mana value.
  • Fierce Guardianship: Counter noncreature if you control a commander.
  • Commandeer: Counter or gain control of a spell by exiling two blue cards.
  • Foil: Counter spell, can discard Island + another card instead of mana.

All above are Instants, blue, and counter spells with an alternate cost or conditional effect, same as Pact of Negation.

Found Cards

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Commandeer

Disrupting Shoal

Fierce Guardianship

Foil

Force of Will

Pact of Negation

Commandeer #9 Instant

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Rarity: Rare
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  • After Commandeer resolves, you control the targeted spell. Any instance of "you" in that spell's text now refers to you, "an opponent" refers to one of your opponents, and so on. The change of control happens before new targets are chosen, so any targeting restrictions such as "target opponent" or "target creature you control" are now made in reference to you, not the spell's original controller. You may either change those targets to be legal in reference to you, or, if those are the spell's only targets, the spell doesn't resolve for having illegal targets. When the spell resolves, any illegal targets are unaffected by it and you make all decisions the spell's effect calls for.
  • If the targeted spell has a triggered ability that copies it (for example, replicate or storm), the copies will be controlled by the player who cast that spell.
  • If you don't have two cards of the right color in your hand, you can't choose to cast the spell using the alternative cost.
  • If you gain control of an instant or sorcery spell with Commandeer, it will still be put into its owner's graveyard when it resolves.
  • You can't exile a card from your hand to pay for itself. At the time you would pay costs, that card is on the stack, not in your hand.
  • You may change any of the targeted spell's targets. If you change a target, you must choose a legal target for the spell. If you can't, you must leave the target the same (even if that target is now illegal).
  • You may pay the alternative cost rather than the card's mana cost. Any additional costs are paid as normal.
  • If you Commandeer a spell for which buyback has been paid, the card returns to its owner's hand.

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    Seller Price
    Cardkingdom 4.49 USD
    Tcgplayer / 9.06 USD 2.68 USD
    Cardmarket / 3.61 EUR 1.41 EUR
    Manapool / 7.35 USD 2.2 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    You may exile two blue cards from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Gain control of target noncreature spell. You may choose new targets for it. (If that spell is an artifact, enchantment, or planeswalker, the permanent enters under your control.)

    Disrupting Shoal #51 Instant — Arcane

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 2
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  • Disrupting Shoal can target any spell, but does nothing unless that spell's mana value is X.
  • If a card in your hand has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
  • If a spell has {X} in its mana cost, include the value chosen for that X when determining the mana value of that spell, even if it was cast for an alternative cost and no mana was spent on X.

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    Tcgplayer 12.47 USD / 39.59 USD
    Cardkingdom 13.99 USD
    Cardmarket 5.13 EUR / 26.03 EUR
    Manapool / 44.69 USD 13.1 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    You may exile a blue card with mana value X from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Counter target spell if its mana value is X.

    Fierce Guardianship #307 Instant

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 3
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  • It doesn’t matter whose commander you control. Any one will do. If you have two commanders, you just need to control one of them.
  • Once you begin casting this spell, players can’t take any other actions until you’re done casting it. Notably, they can’t try to remove the commander you control to make you pay its cost.

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    Tcgplayer 62.62 USD
    Cardkingdom 79.99 USD
    Cardmarket 49.33 EUR
    Manapool 62.52 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost. Counter target noncreature spell.

    Foil #34 Instant

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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 4
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    Cardkingdom 17.99 USD
    Tcgplayer 16.13 USD / 239.98 USD
    Manapool 7.56 USD / 229.21 USD
    Cardmarket 12.63 EUR / 121.77 EUR

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    You maydiscardan Island card and another card rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Counter target spell.

    Force of Will #84 aka. Force Instant

    Variations: v1 v2 v3
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    Rarity: Mythic
    Converted Cost: 5
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  • To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying (such as the alternative cost of Force of Will), add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. Force of Will's mana value is always 5, no matter what you paid to cast it.

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    Seller Price
    Manapool 171.93 USD
    Cardkingdom 279.99 USD
    Cardmarket 137.15 EUR
    Tcgplayer 164.91 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    You may pay 1 life and exile a blue card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Counter target spell.

    Pact of Negation #77 Instant

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 0
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  • Although originally printed with a characteristic-defining ability that defined its color, this card now has a color indicator. This color indicator can't be affected by text-changing effects (such as the one created by Crystal Spray), although color-changing effects can still overwrite it.
  • If Pact of Negation is countered or otherwise doesn't resolve (perhaps because its target became illegal), the delayed triggered ability that threatens you with a game loss won't trigger at the beginning of your next upkeep.
  • If Pact of Negation resolves with a legal target but fails to counter that spell (most likely because that spell can't be countered), the delayed triggered ability will still trigger at the beginning of your next upkeep and you will have to pay. Or else.

    • Prices

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    Cardkingdom 23.99 USD / 64.99 USD
    Tcgplayer 17.35 USD / 42.03 USD
    Manapool / 41.66 USD 16.66 USD
    Cardmarket / 52.24 EUR 14.73 EUR

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    Counter target spell. At the beginning of your next upkeep, pay . If you don't, you lose the game.