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Condescend

Condescend

Instant

uncommon

Counter target spell unless its controller pays . Scry 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)

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Semantic Tags

Counterspellmechanical

Prevents a spell or ability from resolving.

Removalmechanical

Answers an opponent's threat by destroying, exiling, bouncing, or otherwise removing a permanent or spell.

Slows opponents down by taxing actions or restricting what they can do.

Slows opponents down by taxing actions or restricting what they can do.

Cares about or manipulates the top card(s) of your library. Includes scry, surveil, and top-deck payoffs.

Cares about or manipulates the top card(s) of your library. Includes scry, surveil, and top-deck payoffs.

Topdeck Mattersmechanical

Cares about or manipulates the top of library — Sensei's Top, miracles, Future Sight.

Cares about or manipulates the top of library — Sensei's Top, miracles, Future Sight.

Format Legality

commanderlegal
oathbreakerlegal
modernlegal
pioneernot legal
standardnot legal
legacylegal
vintagelegal
pauperlegal
historicnot legal
explorernot legal
alchemynot legal

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Printings (8)

SetRarityTCGplayerCard KingdomCardmarket
Jumpstart 2022#282uncommon···
The List#IMA-46uncommon···
Iconic Masters#46uncommon···
Duel Decks Anthology: Jace vs. Chandra#28common···
Duel Decks: Jace vs. Chandra#28common···
World Championship Decks 2004#mb27common···
World Championship Decks 2004#gn27common···
Fifth Dawn#27common···

Related Concepts

Scry

To manipulate some of the cards on top of your library. See rule 701.22, “Scry.”

Related Rules

111.10e

A Shard token is a colorless Shard enchantment token with “{2}, Sacrifice this token: Scry 1, then draw a card.”

111.10n

A Sorcerer Role token is a colorless Aura Role enchantment token named Sorcerer with enchant creature and “Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has ‘Whenever this creature attacks, scry 1.’”

701.22

Scry

701.22a

To “scry N” means to look at the top N cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom of your library in any order and the rest on top of your library in any order.

701.22b

If a player is instructed to scry 0, no scry event occurs. Abilities that trigger whenever a player scries won’t trigger.

701.22c

If multiple players scry at once, each of those players looks at the top cards of their library at the same time. Those players decide in APNAP order (see rule 101.4) where to put those cards, then those cards move at the same time.

Rulings

2017-11-17

You scry 2 even if the spell’s controller pays {X}.

2017-11-17

You must be able to target another spell to cast Condescend. Condescend can’t target itself.