Counterpoint

Counterpoint

Instant

Mana cost: {3}{U}{B}

How we read this card

Counter target spell. You may cast a creature, instant, sorcery, or planeswalker spell from your graveyard with mana value less than or equal to that spell's mana value without paying its mana cost.

on-cast —

on-cast — brings a card back

Causes: counter a spell, cast a creature, cast an instant, cast a planeswalker, cast a sorcery, a creature leaves a graveyard, an instant leaves a graveyard, a planeswalker leaves a graveyard, a sorcery leaves a graveyard.

Cares about: a creature in a graveyard, an instant in a graveyard, a planeswalker in a graveyard, a sorcery in a graveyard.

Works well with

an instant leaves a graveyard — 202 cards in the game can cause this (Counterpoint is one).

  1. Murktide Regent — When Counterpoint leaves a graveyard, Murktide Regent puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a planeswalker in a graveyard — 232 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern — Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern puts cards into the graveyard that Counterpoint can bring back
  2. Loot, the Anomaly — Loot, the Anomaly puts cards into the graveyard that Counterpoint can bring back
  3. Skyfisher Spider — Skyfisher Spider puts cards into the graveyard that Counterpoint can bring back
  4. Killmonger, Scourge of Wakanda — Killmonger, Scourge of Wakanda puts cards into the graveyard that Counterpoint can bring back
  5. Braids's Frightful Return — Braids's Frightful Return puts cards into the graveyard that Counterpoint can bring back
  6. Grist, the Hunger Tide — Grist, the Hunger Tide puts cards into the graveyard that Counterpoint can bring back
  7. Scavenger's Talent — Scavenger's Talent puts cards into the graveyard that Counterpoint can bring back
  8. Edgar, Ancient Bloodlord — Edgar, Ancient Bloodlord puts cards into the graveyard that Counterpoint can bring back
  9. Awaken the Honored Dead — Awaken the Honored Dead puts cards into the graveyard that Counterpoint can bring back
  10. Eradicator Valkyrie — Eradicator Valkyrie puts cards into the graveyard that Counterpoint can bring back
  11. Winter, Tormented Loner — Winter, Tormented Loner puts cards into the graveyard that Counterpoint can bring back
  12. Blood on the Snow — Blood on the Snow puts cards into the graveyard that Counterpoint can bring back
  13. Lethal Throwdown — Lethal Throwdown puts cards into the graveyard that Counterpoint can bring back
  14. Bone Shards — Bone Shards puts cards into the graveyard that Counterpoint can bring back
  15. Flare of Malice — Flare of Malice puts cards into the graveyard that Counterpoint can bring back
  16. Spark Harvest — Spark Harvest puts cards into the graveyard that Counterpoint can bring back
  17. Behemoth of Vault 0 — Behemoth of Vault 0 puts cards into the graveyard that Counterpoint can bring back
  18. Argentum Masticore — When Argentum Masticore is in the graveyard, Counterpoint can bring it back
  19. Summon: Bahamut — When Summon: Bahamut is in the graveyard, Counterpoint can bring it back

266 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a planeswalker is cast — 361 cards in the game can cause this (Counterpoint is one).

  1. Jaya's Phoenix — When a planeswalker is cast thanks to Counterpoint, Jaya's Phoenix returns itself from the graveyard
  2. Interplanar Beacon — When a planeswalker is cast thanks to Counterpoint, Interplanar Beacon gains you 1 life
  3. Primeval Bounty — When Counterpoint is cast, Primeval Bounty puts 3 counters on a creature
  4. Tetsuko Umezawa, Pursuer — When Counterpoint is cast, Tetsuko Umezawa, Pursuer gets +1/+1
  5. Thor, God of Thunder — When Counterpoint is cast, Thor, God of Thunder deals that spell's mana value damage
  6. Krile Baldesion — When Counterpoint is cast, Krile Baldesion brings a card back
  7. Summon: Good King Mog XII — When Counterpoint is cast, Summon: Good King Mog XII makes a token
  8. Kykar, Wind's Fury — When Counterpoint is cast, Kykar, Wind's Fury makes a token
  9. Varis, Silverymoon Ranger — When a creature is cast thanks to Counterpoint, Varis, Silverymoon Ranger triggers
  10. Blood Funnel — When Counterpoint is cast, Blood Funnel sacrifices a creature

239 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature leaves a graveyard — 1,302 cards in the game can cause this (Counterpoint is one).

When a creature leaves a graveyard thanks to Counterpoint:

  1. Grim Reaper's Scythe — makes a token
  2. Syr Konrad, the Grim — deals 1 damage
  3. Cyan, Vengeful Samurai — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Along the Crooked Way — puts a counter on a Goblin or Army
  5. Skeleton Crew — makes a token
  6. Desecrated Tomb — makes a token
  7. Chalk Outline — makes a token
  8. Insidious Roots — makes a token
  9. Undead Hand Ninja — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  10. Rot Farm Mortipede — gets +1/+0

3 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything leaves a graveyard — 2,503 cards in the game can cause this (Counterpoint is one).

When Counterpoint leaves a graveyard:

  1. Blastoneuron — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Defiled Crypt // Cadaver Lab — makes a token
  3. Teval, the Balanced Scale — makes a token
  4. Hologram Stalker — makes a token
  5. Tormod, the Desecrator — makes a token
  6. Quintorius, Field Historian — makes a token
  7. Garrison Excavator — makes a token
  8. Amzu, Swarm's Hunger — makes a token
  9. Kirol, History Buff // Pack a Punch — becomes prepared
  10. Teval's Judgment — triggers

13 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature in a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Counterpoint is one).

  1. Rankle and Torbran — Rankle and Torbran puts cards into the graveyard that Counterpoint can bring back
  2. Shriveling Rot — Shriveling Rot puts cards into the graveyard that Counterpoint can bring back
  3. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — Caesar, Legion's Emperor puts cards into the graveyard that Counterpoint can bring back
  4. Ayara, First of Locthwain — Ayara, First of Locthwain puts cards into the graveyard that Counterpoint can bring back
  5. Foot Chopper — Foot Chopper puts cards into the graveyard that Counterpoint can bring back
  6. Blasting Station — Blasting Station puts cards into the graveyard that Counterpoint can bring back
  7. Tainted Aether — Tainted Aether puts cards into the graveyard that Counterpoint can bring back
  8. Lethal Vapors — Lethal Vapors puts cards into the graveyard that Counterpoint can bring back
  9. Grave Peril — Grave Peril puts cards into the graveyard that Counterpoint can bring back
  10. Spreading Plague — Spreading Plague puts cards into the graveyard that Counterpoint can bring back

2,759 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a sorcery is cast — 3,720 cards in the game can cause this (Counterpoint is one).

  1. Spellweaver Volute — When a sorcery is cast thanks to Counterpoint, Spellweaver Volute copies a spell
  2. Riku of Two Reflections — When Counterpoint is cast, Riku of Two Reflections copies a spell
  3. Sword of Wealth and Power — When Counterpoint is cast, Sword of Wealth and Power copies a spell
  4. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — When Counterpoint is cast, Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy brings a card back
  5. Harness the Storm — When Counterpoint is cast, Harness the Storm brings a card back
  6. Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar — When Counterpoint is cast, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
  7. Metallurgic Summonings — When Counterpoint is cast, Metallurgic Summonings makes a token
  8. Storm-Kiln Artist — When Counterpoint is cast, Storm-Kiln Artist makes a token
  9. Niv-Mizzet, Parun — When Counterpoint is cast, Niv-Mizzet, Parun draws you 1 card
  10. Mica, Reader of Ruins — When Counterpoint is cast, Mica, Reader of Ruins sacrifices an artifact

424 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.