If you don't pay the overload cost of a spell with overload, that spell will have a single target. If you pay the overload cost, the spell won't have any targets.
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◇ Catalog #482
Counterflux
sld·#482·rare·nonfoil
Illus. Riot Games
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Gameplay
Instant
This spell can't be countered.
Counter target spell you don't control.
Overload {1}{U}{U}{R} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")
For a moment, it seemed as if Powder's invention had really worked.
Legalities
tlrlegal
duellegal
brawllegal
pennylegal
PreDH
Rulings · 4
wotc
wotc
If you are instructed to cast a spell with overload "without paying its mana cost," you can't choose to pay its overload cost instead.
wotc
Because a spell with overload doesn't target when its overload cost is paid, it may affect permanents with hexproof or with protection from the appropriate color.
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