Stifle
Stifle: Instant, Conspiracy. Counter target activated or triggered ability. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {U}
- Mana value
- 1
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Conspiracy (CNS)
- Released
- 2014-06-06
- Collector number
- 108
- Artist
- Eric Fortune
- Commander rank
- 4,592 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Stifle
Stifle is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue instant from Conspiracy (CNS), a draft-focused set released in June 2014. It is collector number 108 in that set, with art by Eric Fortune. It costs {U} (one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 1. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 9 sets, from Scourge (2003) to Mystery Booster 2 (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $13.46 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
Counter target activated or triggered ability. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.)
"Superior force meets woefully inadequate object. What paradox were you expecting?" -Azguri, archmage of Evos Isle
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $13.46 (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 Stifle by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Premodern | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Stifle
Stifle has been printed in 9 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1787 | Rare | 2024 |
| Mystery Booster 2 (MB2) #173 | Rare | 2024 |
| Historic Anthology 5 (HA5) #8 | Rare | 2021 |
| Amonkhet Invocations (MP2) #18 | Special | 2017 |
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #43540 | Rare | 2012 |
| Judge Gift Cards 2009 (G09) #3 | Rare | 2009 |
| World Championship Decks 2004 (WC04) #gn52sb | Rare | 2004 |
| Scourge (SCG) #52 | Rare | 2003 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Stifle, newest first.
- It can target delayed triggered abilities. For example, a card that says "Whenever a player cycles a card, you may exile target creature. If you do, return that creature to the battlefield at the beginning of the end step." triggers when a player cycles a card and creates a delayed trigger that happens at the beginning of the end step. You can choose to target the "at the beginning of the end step" trigger when it is placed on the stack at end of turn.
- An activated ability has a "Cost: Effect" format. Look for the colon. A triggered ability starts with "when", "whenever", or "at".
- 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.
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 Stifle.