Counterbore
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SetSHM
Collector #33
Released2008-05-02
Rarityrare
ArtistWayne England
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Counterbore

RareColour IDMV 5
Instant
Counter target spell. Search its controller's graveyard, hand, and library for all cards with the same name as that spell and exile them. Then that player shuffles.
Card capabilities
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
1 other English printingEarliest 2010-06-04Newest 2010-06-04Cheapest priced $0.38 in DPA
Rulings (5)
wotc1 May 2008
In most cases, Counterbore will exile the targeted spell. Its first sentence counters the spell, which puts it into its owner’s graveyard. Its second sentence then removes it from the graveyard. However, there are some exceptions to this, as listed below.
wotc1 May 2008
If the spell’s controller isn’t the same as its owner (due to Commandeer, for example), it won’t be exiled. The spell is countered and put into its owner’s graveyard. Then the spell’s controller’s graveyard, hand, and library are searched.
wotc1 May 2008
Counterbore has no effect on cards on the battlefield that have the same name as the targeted spell.
wotc1 May 2008
If the targeted spell can’t be countered (it’s Vexing Shusher, for example), that spell will remain on the stack. Counterbore will continue to resolve. You still get to search for and exile all other cards with that name.
wotc1 May 2008
The cards you’re searching for must be found if they’re in the graveyard, because that’s a zone everyone can see. Finding those cards in the hand and library is optional, though.