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Counterbore

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Rules Text

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.

Card Facts

Mana value
5
Colors
Color identity
EDHREC rank
#27,061
Rarity
Rare

Legality

Commander

Legal

Duel Commander

Legal

Legacy

Legal

Modern

Legal

Oathbreaker

Legal

Penny Dreadful

Legal

PreDH

Legal

Vintage

Legal

Alchemy

Not legal

Brawl

Not legal

Competitive Brawl

Not legal

Future

Not legal

Gladiator

Not legal

Historic

Not legal

Old School

Not legal

Pauper

Not legal

Pauper Commander

Not legal

Pioneer

Not legal

Premodern

Not legal

Standard

Not legal

Standard Brawl

Not legal

Timeless

Not legal

TLR

Not legal

Rulings

  1. May 1, 2008 · Wizards of the Coast

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

  2. May 1, 2008 · Wizards of the Coast

    The cards you’re searching for must be found if they’re in the graveyard, because that’s a zone everyone can see. Finding those cards in the hand and library is optional, though.

  3. May 1, 2008 · Wizards of the Coast

    In most cases, Counterbore will exile the targeted spell. Its first sentence counters the spell, which puts it into its owner’s graveyard. Its second sentence then removes it from the graveyard. However, there are some exceptions to this, as listed below.

  4. May 1, 2008 · Wizards of the Coast

    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.

  5. May 1, 2008 · Wizards of the Coast

    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.

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3 printings
Salvat 2011
Salvat 2011PS11
Duels of the Planeswalkers
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Shadowmoor
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