Stubborn Denial card art

Stubborn Denial

Instant MV 1

Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.

What it does

Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays 1.

Ferocious — If you control a creature with power 4 or greater, counter that spell instead.

Rulings

2 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.

  • 2014-09-20

    Some ferocious abilities that appear on instants and sorceries use the word “instead.” These spells have an upgraded effect if you control a creature with power 4 or greater as they resolve. For these, you only get the upgraded effect, not both effects.

  • 2014-09-20

    Ferocious abilities of instants and sorceries that don’t use the word “instead” will provide an additional effect if you control a creature with power 4 or greater as they resolve.

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

In the 99

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

Decks running it 8
Games played 7
Win rate 42.9%
Confirmed on board 0 Games where a board photo caught it actually in play.

Most played under

Commander Decks Games Win rate
Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir 2 0 —
Namor the Sub-Mariner 1 7 42.9%
Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm 1 0 —
Veyran, Voice of Duality 1 0 —

Colors it shows up in

  • Esper 2 decks
  • Mono-Blue 1 deck
  • Izzet 1 deck
  • Temur 1 deck

Stubborn Denial price history

The Khans of Tarkir #56 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly.

Non-foil today$5.40▲ $1.22 (29.2%)
Low $3.81 · High $5.40Tracked since Sep 28, 2026
Every recorded price change
DateNon-foilFoil
Oct 26, 2026$5.40$22.65
Oct 25, 2026$5.40$22.65
Oct 24, 2026$5.29$22.65
Oct 23, 2026$5.06$22.65
Oct 22, 2026$4.57$22.65
Oct 21, 2026$4.42$22.65
Oct 20, 2026$4.43$22.65
Oct 19, 2026$4.26$22.65
Oct 18, 2026$4.19$22.65
Oct 17, 2026$4.18$22.78
Oct 16, 2026$4.16$22.78
Oct 15, 2026$3.81$22.78
Oct 14, 2026$3.85$22.78
Oct 13, 2026$3.87$22.90
Oct 12, 2026$3.92$22.90
Oct 11, 2026$4.20$22.90
Oct 10, 2026$4.33$22.90
Oct 9, 2026$4.48$22.90
Oct 8, 2026$4.72$22.90
Oct 7, 2026$4.35$22.90
Oct 6, 2026$4.04$22.90
Oct 5, 2026$4.37$22.90
Oct 4, 2026$4.47$22.90
Oct 3, 2026$4.80$22.87
Oct 2, 2026$4.82$22.81
Oct 1, 2026$4.99$22.81
Sep 30, 2026$4.92$22.81
Sep 29, 2026$5.17$22.81
Sep 28, 2026$4.18$22.81

A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.

Every version of Stubborn Denial

2 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 publishes none for some of them. Click a card's art to chart that version's price above.

Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Stubborn Denial. 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.