Defabricate
Instant
Mana cost: {1}{U}
How we read this card
Counter target artifact or enchantment spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.
on-cast —
- makes counter an artifact
- makes counter an enchantment
on-cast —
- makes exile an artifact
- makes exile an enchantment
- makes an artifact leaves the battlefield
- makes an enchantment leaves the battlefield
Counter target activated or triggered ability.
on-cast —
- makes counter a spell
Causes: you face a dilemma, counter an artifact, counter an enchantment, exile an artifact, exile an enchantment, an artifact leaves the battlefield, an enchantment leaves the battlefield, counter a spell.
Cares about: nothing.
Works well with
you face a dilemma — 739 cards in the game can cause this (Defabricate is one).
When Defabricate poses a dilemma:
- Seven of Nine — draws you 1 card
- Elim Garak, Simple Tailor — makes each opponent lose 2 life
- Obsidian Order Operative — makes each opponent lose 1 life
anything is exiled — 2,497 cards in the game can cause this (Defabricate is one).
- The War Doctor — When an artifact or enchantment is exiled thanks to Defabricate, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself
an instant is cast — 3,931 cards in the game can cause this (Defabricate is one).
When Defabricate is cast:
- Electro, Assaulting Battery — adds 1 mana
- Lunar Mystic — draws you 1 card
- Ojer Pakpatiq, Deepest Epoch // Temple of Cyclical Time — grants rebound
- Repeated Reverberation — copies an ability
- Riku of Two Reflections — copies a spell
- Sword of Wealth and Power — copies a spell
- Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot — gets +1/+1
- Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — brings a card back
- In the Eye of Chaos — counters a spell
- Niblis of Frost — taps a creature an opponent controls
427 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
anything is cast — 31,128 cards in the game can cause this (Defabricate is one).
When Defabricate is cast:
- Windrider Wizard — draws you 1 card
- Relic Amulet — puts a charge counter on itself
- Rockslide Sorcerer — deals 1 damage
- Umara Wizard // Umara Skyfalls — grants flying
- Alania, Divergent Storm — makes an opponent draw 1 card
- Umara Mystic — gets +2/+0
- Master of Winds — triggers
5 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.