Defabricate
Defabricate: Instant, The Brothers' War. Choose one - • Counter target artifact or enchantment spell. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{U}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- The Brothers' War (BRO)
- Released
- 2022-11-18
- Collector number
- 45
- Artist
- Uriah Voth
- Commander rank
- 6,349 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Defabricate
Defabricate is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon blue instant from The Brothers' War (BRO), an expansion set released in November 2022. It is collector number 45 in that set, with art by Uriah Voth. It costs {1}{U} (one generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. The Brothers' War is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.21 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
Choose one -
• Counter target artifact or enchantment spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.
• Counter target activated or triggered ability.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.21 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Defabricate by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Official rulings
Four official rulings apply to Defabricate, newest first.
- Triggered abilities use the word "when," "whenever," or "at." They're often written as "[Trigger condition], [effect]."
- Turn-based actions and special actions like the normal card draw, combat damage, or turning a face-down creature face up can't be targeted. Mana abilities also can't be targeted.
- The last mode can target delayed triggered abilities. Notably, it can target the delayed triggered ability that exiles an unearthed permanent at the beginning of the next end step. If that delayed triggered ability is countered, the unearthed permanent remains on the battlefield indefinitely. It will still be exiled, however, if it would die or otherwise leave the battlefield for any other reason.
- Activated abilities contain a colon. They're generally written "[Cost]: [Effect]." Some keyword abilities (such as equip and unearth) are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text.
Similar cards
Other instant cards with a blue colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
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