Counterbore

Mana cost

Mana value5TypeInstant Color identity

Blue RarityRare SetShadowmoor (SHM) ArtistWayne England Price€0.16 · foil €1.45 · $0.27

About this card

Counterbore is an instant card in Magic: The Gathering with mana value 5 (color identity: blue). First printed in Shadowmoor (2008); 3 paper printings in total. Role in Commander: counterspell. Legal in Commander, Modern, Legacy and Vintage. Cheapest printing: €0.16 (Shadowmoor); most expensive: €0.26 (Duels of the Planeswalkers).

Counterbore

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.

Name in each language

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Legality

CommanderLegalStandardNot legalPioneerNot legalModernLegalLegacyLegalVintageLegalPauperNot legalBrawlNot legalOathbreakerLegalHistoricNot legalTimelessNot legalPenny DreadfulLegal

Rulings

2008-05-01
Counterbore has no effect on cards on the battlefield that have the same name as the targeted spell.

2008-05-01
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.

2008-05-01
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.

2008-05-01
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.

2008-05-01
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.