Bane's Contingency
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
Counter target spell. If that spell targets a commander you control, instead counter that spell, scry 2, then draw a card.
Rulings
One official ruling, as Wizards published it.
- 2022-06-10
A "commander you control" means a permanent on the battlefield that is a commander and is under your control. It can be your commander or one owned by another player. It doesn't refer to your commander in any other zone. Notably, if a player uses Bane's Contingency to counter a spell that would counter their commander, they do not scry or draw a card.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Bane's Contingency, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namor the Sub-Mariner | 1 | 7 | 42.9% |
| Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Mono-Blue 1 deck
- Izzet 1 deck
Every version of Bane's Contingency
1 printing, 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.
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate
- Normal
- $0.19
- Foil
- $0.42
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Bane's Contingency — 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.