Pact of Negation
Pact of Negation: Instant, Time Spiral Remastered. Counter target spell. At the beginning of your next upkeep, pay 3UU. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {0}
- Mana value
- 0
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Time Spiral Remastered (TSR)
- Released
- 2021-03-19
- Collector number
- 77
- Artist
- Jason Chan
- Commander rank
- 365 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Pact of Negation
Pact of Negation is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue instant from Time Spiral Remastered (TSR), a Masters set released in March 2021. It is collector number 77 in that set, with art by Jason Chan. It costs {0} to cast, for a mana value of 0. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 9 sets, from Future Sight (2007) to Mystery Booster 2 (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $16.70 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Counter target spell.
At the beginning of your next upkeep, pay {3}{U}{U}. If you don't, you lose the game.
Those who expect betrayal at every turn are seldom disappointed.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $16.70 (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 Pact of Negation by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Pact of Negation
Pact of Negation has been printed in 9 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Mystery Booster 2 (MB2) #169 | Rare | 2024 |
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #523 | Rare | 2023 |
| The List (PLST) #A25-68 | Rare | 2020 |
| Amonkhet Remastered (AKR) #73 | Rare | 2020 |
| Masters 25 (A25) #68 | Rare | 2018 |
| Amonkhet Invocations (MP2) #16 | Special | 2017 |
| Modern Masters (MMA) #56 | Rare | 2013 |
| Future Sight (FUT) #42 | Rare | 2007 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Pact of Negation, newest first.
- If Pact of Negation is countered or otherwise doesn't resolve (perhaps because its target became illegal), the delayed triggered ability that threatens you with a game loss won't trigger at the beginning of your next upkeep.
- If Pact of Negation resolves with a legal target but fails to counter that spell (most likely because that spell can't be countered), the delayed triggered ability will still trigger at the beginning of your next upkeep and you will have to pay. Or else.
- Although originally printed with a characteristic-defining ability that defined its color, this card now has a color indicator. This color indicator can't be affected by text-changing effects (such as the one created by Crystal Spray), although color-changing effects can still overwrite it.
Similar cards
Other instant cards with a blue colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
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These card lists include Pact of Negation.