Vexing Bauble
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
What it does
Whenever a player casts a spell, if no mana was spent to cast it, counter that spell.
1, T, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.
Combos with Vexing Bauble
The lines this card is part of, what it needs alongside it, and what the cards do together. An infinite result is the one that moves a deck's bracket.
- Guile Infinite
- Infinite magecraft triggers
- Infinite storm count
- Omen Machine Infinite
- Players can't draw cards
- Players can't cast noncreature spells exiled by Omen Machine
- Lock
- Knowledge Pool Infinite
- Counter all spells players cast from their hands
- Lock
- Eye of the Storm Infinite
- Counter all copies cast from Eye of the Storm
- Exile all instants and sorceries any player casts
- Lock
- Possibility Storm Infinite
- Counter all spells players cast from their hands
- Lock
- Noctis, Prince of Lucis Aetherflux Reservoir Infinite
- Infinite damage
- Infinite lifegain triggers
- Infinite lifegain
- Infinite storm count
Combo data from Commander Spellbook, the community-maintained database of Magic combos. Mirrored nightly.
Rulings
2 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2024-06-07
If a spell is cast with an alternative cost that includes mana (such as flashback), Vexing Bauble's first ability won't trigger and won't counter that spell. Similarly, if a spell is cast without paying its mana cost, but the player did pay mana for additional costs such as from kicker or from Thorn of Amethyst, Vexing Bauble's first ability won't trigger and won't counter that spell.
- 2024-06-07
Players may cast spells that they know Vexing Bauble will counter. Any abilities that trigger when spells are cast will still trigger and resolve if appropriate, and any effects that count how many spells are cast will still count those spells if appropriate.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Vexing Bauble, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dargo, the Shipwrecker | 1 | 0 | — |
| Klothys, God of Destiny | 1 | 0 | — |
| Noctis, Prince of Lucis | 1 | 0 | — |
| Thrasta, Tempest's Roar | 1 | 0 | — |
| Tymna the Weaver | 1 | 0 | — |
| Zaxara, the Exemplary | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Mono-Green 1 deck
- Gruul 1 deck
- Sultai 1 deck
- Mardu 1 deck
- Esper 1 deck
Vexing Bauble price history
The Modern Horizons 3 #212 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 2026 | $2.34 | $5.60 |
| Nov 10, 2026 | $2.26 | $5.70 |
| Nov 9, 2026 | $2.18 | $5.75 |
| Nov 8, 2026 | $2.16 | $5.76 |
| Nov 7, 2026 | $2.11 | $5.88 |
| Nov 6, 2026 | $1.94 | $5.95 |
| Nov 5, 2026 | $1.92 | $5.99 |
| Nov 4, 2026 | $1.89 | $5.99 |
| Nov 3, 2026 | $1.88 | $6.03 |
| Nov 2, 2026 | $1.85 | $6.03 |
| Oct 31, 2026 | $1.98 | $6.10 |
| Oct 30, 2026 | $2.09 | $6.13 |
| Oct 29, 2026 | $2.24 | $6.13 |
| Oct 27, 2026 | $2.42 | $6.10 |
| Oct 26, 2026 | $2.18 | $6.10 |
| Oct 25, 2026 | $2.21 | $6.14 |
| Oct 24, 2026 | $2.21 | $6.16 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | $2.15 | $6.16 |
| Oct 22, 2026 | $2.38 | $6.30 |
| Oct 21, 2026 | $2.89 | $6.30 |
| Oct 20, 2026 | $2.98 | $6.34 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | $2.70 | $6.39 |
| Oct 18, 2026 | $2.31 | $6.39 |
| Oct 17, 2026 | $2.34 | $6.39 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | $2.21 | $6.38 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | $2.10 | $6.46 |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $2.38 | $6.39 |
| Oct 13, 2026 | $2.49 | $6.39 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | $2.51 | $6.39 |
| Oct 11, 2026 | $2.69 | $6.38 |
| Oct 10, 2026 | $2.71 | $6.41 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $2.51 | $6.40 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $2.56 | $6.28 |
| Oct 7, 2026 | $2.63 | $6.28 |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $2.78 | $6.04 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $2.65 | $5.97 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | $2.55 | $5.92 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | $2.56 | $5.95 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $2.56 | $6.03 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $2.51 | $6.07 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $2.45 | $6.07 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $2.68 | $6.21 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $2.71 | $6.57 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Vexing Bauble
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.
- Normal
- $2.34
- Foil
- $5.60
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Vexing Bauble. 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.
