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Arcane Denial

Instant MV 2

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What it doesRulingsIn the 99Every version

What it does

Counter target spell. Its controller may draw up to two cards at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

You draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

Rulings

One official ruling, as Wizards published it.

  • 2007-09-16

    The controller of the countered spell doesn't choose how many cards to draw until the relevant ability resolves. The player may draw 0, 1, or 2 cards. They choose the number before drawing any cards.

Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.

In the 99

Every deck whose current list includes Arcane Denial, whatever its commander.

Decks running it 19
Games played 3
Win rate — Fewer than 5 completed games — not enough to publish a rate yet.
Confirmed on board 0 Games where a board photo caught it actually in play.

Most played under

Commander Decks Games Win rate
Captain America, Team Leader 2 1 —
Vivi Ornitier 1 2 —
Aragorn, the Uniter 1 0 —
Atraxa, Praetors' Voice 1 0 —
Bard, King of Dale 1 0 —
https://archidekt.com/decks/23622275/crystal 1 0 —
Jorn, God of Winter 1 0 —
Karlach, Fury of Avernus 1 0 —

Colors it shows up in

  • Izzet 2 decks
  • Azorius 2 decks
  • Esper 2 decks
  • Jeskai 2 decks
  • Mono-Red 1 deck
  • Mono-Blue 1 deck
  • Sultai 1 deck
  • Grixis 1 deck
  • Simic 1 deck
  • Temur 1 deck
  • Four-Color (no Red) 1 deck
  • Five-Color 1 deck
  • Four-Color (no Black) 1 deck

Every version of Arcane Denial

23 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly — a printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall genuinely publishes none for some of them.

Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Arcane Denial — a name search across every version, for the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.

Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only — no individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.