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◇ Catalog #30

Counterbore

NON-TRADEABLE

ps11·#30·rare·nonfoil·ES

Illus. Wayne England

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Jan '11

15 yr ago

Value

No third-party market for this printing. Some promo runs (Salvat, McDonald's, Trainer Kits) do clear at private sales — record your own observation to anchor a price for this card.

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #26,690 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil

Gameplay

Instant

Counter target spell. Search its controller's graveyard, hand, and library for all cards with the same name as that spell and exile them. Then that player shuffles.

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 5

2008-05-01wotc

Counterbore has no effect on cards on the battlefield that have the same name as the targeted spell.

2008-05-01wotc

If the spell’s controller isn’t the same as its owner (due to Commandeer, for example), it won’t be exiled. The spell is countered and put into its owner’s graveyard. Then the spell’s controller’s graveyard, hand, and library are searched.

2008-05-01wotc

If the targeted spell can’t be countered (it’s Vexing Shusher, for example), that spell will remain on the stack. Counterbore will continue to resolve. You still get to search for and exile all other cards with that name.

Context

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from PS11 — 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 #30 of *Salvat 2011*, the set that shipped alongside the January 2011 Salvat 2011 release.

Card type: Instant, color identity blue, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {3}{U}{U} (5 converted).

Legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #26,690 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Wayne England. Rarix catalogs 375 other cards credited to this artist.