Disdainful Stroke
Disdainful Stroke: Instant, Wilds of Eldraine. Counter target spell with mana value 4 or greater. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{U}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Wilds of Eldraine (WOE)
- Released
- 2023-09-08
- Collector number
- 47
- Artist
- Eelis Kyttanen
- Commander rank
- 2,384 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Disdainful Stroke
Disdainful Stroke is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon blue instant from Wilds of Eldraine (WOE), an expansion set released in September 2023. It is collector number 47 in that set, with art by Eelis Kyttanen. 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 Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 12 sets, from Khans of Tarkir (2014) to Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive (2026). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.21 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Counter target spell with mana value 4 or greater.
In retrospect, using storm magic against a storm giant was not the wisest strategy.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.21 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Disdainful Stroke by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Standard | Legal |
|---|---|
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Pauper Commander | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Disdainful Stroke
Disdainful Stroke has been printed in 12 sets. The 12 most recent other printings are listed here, newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive (SOA) #147 | Uncommon | 2026 |
| Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive (SOA) #17 | Uncommon | 2026 |
| Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive (SOA) #82 | Uncommon | 2026 |
| Cowboy Bebop (PCBB) #2 | Rare | 2024 |
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) #39 | Common | 2022 |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) #307 | Special | 2021 |
| Kaldheim (KHM) #54 | Common | 2021 |
| Guilds of Ravnica (GRN) #37 | Common | 2018 |
| Commander Anthology Volume II (CM2) #40 | Common | 2018 |
| Commander 2016 (C16) #88 | Common | 2016 |
| Friday Night Magic 2015 (F15) #2 | Rare | 2015 |
| Khans of Tarkir (KTK) #37 | Common | 2014 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Disdainful Stroke, newest first.
- A face-down spell has mana value 0 and can't be targeted by Disdainful Stroke.
- If a spell has {X} in its mana cost, use the value chosen for X when determining the spell's mana value.
Similar cards
Other instant cards with a blue colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these card lists
These card lists include Disdainful Stroke.