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
Bane's Contingency price history
The Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate #57 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 2026 | $0.21 | $0.62 |
| Oct 25, 2026 | $0.21 | $0.62 |
| Oct 24, 2026 | $0.22 | $0.62 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | $0.21 | $0.62 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | $0.21 | $0.60 |
| Oct 18, 2026 | $0.21 | $0.58 |
| Oct 17, 2026 | $0.21 | $0.57 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | $0.22 | $0.54 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | $0.22 | $0.55 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | $0.23 | $0.53 |
| Oct 11, 2026 | $0.24 | $0.50 |
| Oct 10, 2026 | $0.23 | $0.50 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $0.23 | $0.49 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $0.23 | $0.47 |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $0.22 | $0.47 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | $0.22 | $0.46 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $0.21 | $0.46 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $0.22 | $0.46 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $0.22 | $0.45 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
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 publishes none for some of them.
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate
- Normal
- $0.21
- Foil
- $0.62
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. It runs a name search across every version, which covers 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.
