Pact of Negation
- Mana cost
- {0}
- Type
- Instant
- Set
- Masters 25 #68 (rare)
- Price
- $17.87 USD
Counter target spell.
At the beginning of your next upkeep, pay {3}{U}{U}. If you don't, you lose the game.
Pact of Negation has 9 printings, first in Future Sight (2007). EDHREC ranks it #374 among Commander cards. It appears most in Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy decks (13,418 on EDHREC). It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Pact of Negation most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy: 13,418 decks
- Vivi Ornitier: 11,565 decks
- Kraum, Ludevic's Opus // Tymna the Weaver: 10,380 decks
- Urza, Lord High Artificer: 6,909 decks
- Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin: 6,578 decks
- Sisay, Weatherlight Captain: 5,329 decks
- Glarb, Calamity's Augur: 4,498 decks
- Hashaton, Scarab's Fist: 4,053 decks
Often played with Pact of Negation
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Although originally printed with a characteristic-defining ability that defined its color, this card now has a color indicator. This color indicator can't be affected by text-changing effects (such as the one created by Crystal Spray), although color-changing effects can still overwrite it.
- : If Pact of Negation is countered or otherwise doesn't resolve (perhaps because its target became illegal), the delayed triggered ability that threatens you with a game loss won't trigger at the beginning of your next upkeep.
- : If Pact of Negation resolves with a legal target but fails to counter that spell (most likely because that spell can't be countered), the delayed triggered ability will still trigger at the beginning of your next upkeep and you will have to pay. Or else.