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◇ Catalog #33

Counterbore

shm·#33·rare·foil

Illus. Wayne England

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

May '08

18 yr ago

Value

$1.66+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.68 · low $0.62

NM$0.66

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.61–$0.70modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $2.00low $0.02range 9900.0%n 44

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TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #26,690 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.66

Nonfoil$0.36

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

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.66. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $2.00 across 44 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from SHM — 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 #33 of *Shadowmoor*, the set that shipped alongside the May 2008 Shadowmoor 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.