MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #9

Swan Song

DIGITAL ONLY

ha3·#9·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Peter Mohrbacher

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wishlisted

May '20

6 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #74 · Format staple

Variants

Nonfoil

Gameplay

Instant

Counter target enchantment, instant, or sorcery spell. Its controller creates a 2/2 blue Bird creature token with flying.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 1

2013-09-15wotc

Swan Song can target a spell that can't be countered. That spell won't be countered when Swan Song resolves, but its controller will get a Bird token.

Context

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from HA3 — 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 #9 of *Historic Anthology 3*, the set that shipped alongside the May 2020 Historic Anthology 3 release.

Card type: Instant, color identity blue, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {U} (1 converted).

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

EDHrec ranks this card #74 in Commander, putting it in the format-staple tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Peter Mohrbacher. Rarix catalogs 155 other cards credited to this artist.