You may choose just the first mode (targeting a creature spell), just the second mode (targeting a creature card in your graveyard), or both modes (targeting a creature spell and a creature card in your graveyard). You can’t choose a mode unless there’s a legal target for it.
If you choose both modes, you choose their targets at the same time. You can’t counter your own creature spell and then return that card from your graveyard to your hand.
Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.24. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.03 and $0.27 across 46 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from ARB — the lineup includes Foil and 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 #29 of *Alara Reborn*, the set that shipped alongside the April 2009 Alara Reborn release.
Card type: Instant, color identity black/blue, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {1}{U}{B} (3 converted).
Legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, and Pauper.
EDHrec ranks this card #7,888 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Carl Critchlow. Rarix catalogs 922 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Carl Critchlow
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