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◇ Catalog #73

Pact of Negation

DIGITAL ONLY

akr·#73·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Titus Lunter

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wishlisted

Aug '20

6 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #360 · Popular pick

Variants

Nonfoil

Gameplay

Instant

Counter target spell. At the beginning of your next upkeep, pay {3}{U}{U}. If you don't, you lose the game.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 3

2021-03-19wotc

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.

2021-03-19wotc

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.

2013-06-07wotc

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.

Context

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from AKR — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #73 of *Amonkhet Remastered*, the set that shipped alongside the August 2020 Amonkhet Remastered release.

Card type: Instant, color identity blue, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {0} (0 converted).

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #360 in Commander, putting it in the popular-include tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Titus Lunter. Rarix catalogs 626 other cards credited to this artist.