Hindering Touch
Hindering Touch: Instant, Scourge. Counter target spell unless its controller pays 2. Storm. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{U}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Rarity
- Common
- Set
- Scourge (SCG)
- Released
- 2003-05-26
- Collector number
- 37
- Artist
- Glen Angus
- Commander rank
- 22,594 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Storm
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About Hindering Touch
Hindering Touch is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common blue instant from Scourge (SCG), an expansion set released in May 2003. It is collector number 37 in that set, with art by Glen Angus. It costs {3}{U} (three generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. Scourge is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.16 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Counter target spell unless its controller pays {2}.
Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.)
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.16 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Hindering Touch by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Premodern | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Pauper Commander | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Official rulings
Five official rulings apply to Hindering Touch, newest first.
- Spells cast from zones other than a player's hand and spells that were countered are counted by the storm ability.
- A copy of a spell can be countered like any other spell, but it must be countered individually. Countering a spell with storm won't affect the copies.
- The copies are put directly onto the stack. They aren't cast and won't be counted by other spells with storm cast later in the turn.
- The triggered ability that creates the copies can itself be countered by anything that can counter a triggered ability. If it is countered, no copies will be put onto the stack.
- You may choose new targets for any of the copies. You can make different choices for each copy.
Similar cards
Other instant cards with a blue colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
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