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Pact of Negation 
Instant
Oracle Text
Counter target spell.
At the beginning of your next upkeep, pay 
. If you don't, you lose the game.
. If you don't, you lose the game.Format Legality
ModernLegacyVintageDuel Commander
Competitive Play by Format
Top 8 decklists that played Pact of Negation, by format.
| Format | Decks 30d | Avg 30d | Decks 12mo | Avg 12mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duel Commander | 2 | 1 | 143 | 1 |
| Modern | 10 | 2.2 | 139 | 3 |
| Legacy | 3 | 4 | 135 | 3.9 |
| Vintage | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Details
- Set
- Mystery Booster 2
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana value
- 0
- Collector #
- 169
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Recent Top-8 Decks Playing Pact of Negation
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (10)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (7)
Enchantments (1)
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (46)
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Brain Freeze
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Curate
- 1 Impulse
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Moment of Truth
- 1 Remand
- 1 Snap
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Unsubstantiate
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Mana Short
- 1 Unwind
- 1 Rewind
- 1 Turnabout
- 1 Misdirection
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Dizzy Spell
- 1 Dream's Grip
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Gigadrowse
- 1 High Tide
- 1 Into the Flood Maw
- 1 Mental Note
- 1 Opt
- 1 Peek
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Suspend
- 1 Thought Scour
- 1 Three Steps Ahead
- 1 Twiddle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Repeal
Lands (35)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (46)
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Brain Freeze
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Curate
- 1 Impulse
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Moment of Truth
- 1 Remand
- 1 Snap
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Unsubstantiate
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Mana Short
- 1 Unwind
- 1 Rewind
- 1 Turnabout
- 1 Misdirection
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Dizzy Spell
- 1 Dream's Grip
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Gigadrowse
- 1 High Tide
- 1 Into the Flood Maw
- 1 Mental Note
- 1 Opt
- 1 Peek
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Suspend
- 1 Thought Scour
- 1 Three Steps Ahead
- 1 Twiddle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Repeal
Lands (35)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
Sorceries (14)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (5)
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (46)
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Brain Freeze
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Curate
- 1 Impulse
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Moment of Truth
- 1 Remand
- 1 Snap
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Unsubstantiate
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Mana Short
- 1 Unwind
- 1 Rewind
- 1 Turnabout
- 1 Misdirection
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Dizzy Spell
- 1 Dream's Grip
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Gigadrowse
- 1 High Tide
- 1 Into the Flood Maw
- 1 Mental Note
- 1 Opt
- 1 Peek
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Suspend
- 1 Thought Scour
- 1 Three Steps Ahead
- 1 Twiddle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Repeal
Lands (35)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (46)
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Brain Freeze
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Curate
- 1 Impulse
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Moment of Truth
- 1 Remand
- 1 Snap
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Unsubstantiate
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Mana Short
- 1 Unwind
- 1 Rewind
- 1 Turnabout
- 1 Misdirection
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Dizzy Spell
- 1 Dream's Grip
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Gigadrowse
- 1 High Tide
- 1 Into the Flood Maw
- 1 Mental Note
- 1 Opt
- 1 Peek
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Suspend
- 1 Thought Scour
- 1 Three Steps Ahead
- 1 Twiddle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Repeal
Lands (35)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (14)
Instants (35)
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Untimely Malfunction
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Flame of Anor
- 1 Prismari Command
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Ghostfire Slice
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Misdirection
- 1 Mystic Confluence
- 1 Pyrokinesis
- 1 Fire Magic
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
- 1 Lava Dart
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Unholy Heat
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Opt
- 1 Peek
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Logic Knot
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (37)
- 1 Arena of Glory
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Cascade Bluffs
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Cori Mountain Monastery
- 1 Den of the Bugbear
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Hall of Storm Giants
- 5 Island
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 2 Mountain
- 1 Mutavault
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Ramunap Ruins
- 1 Riverglide Pathway
- 1 Riverpyre Verge
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shivan Reef
- 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
- 1 Spirebluff Canal
- 1 Steam Vents
- 1 Stormcarved Coast
- 1 Sulfur Falls
- 1 Swarmyard
- 1 Talon Gates of Madara
- 1 Thundering Falls
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (10)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (22)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Grief
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Harvester of Misery
- 1 Massacre Wurm
- 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
- 1 Griselbrand
- 1 Frost Titan
- 1 Marang River Regent
- 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
- 1 Rune-Scarred Demon
- 1 Ardyn, the Usurper
- 1 Hoarding Broodlord
- 1 Agent of Treachery
- 1 Waker of Waves
- 1 Shadowgrange Archfiend
- 1 Archon of Cruelty
- 1 Valgavoth, Terror Eater
- 1 Lord of Change
- 1 Astral Dragon
- 1 Triplicate Titan
- 1 Psychic Frog
Sorceries (15)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (1)
Lands (37)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Cephalid Coliseum
- 1 City of Traitors
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Creeping Tar Pit
- 1 Crystal Vein
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Geier Reach Sanitarium
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Peat Bog
- 1 Phyrexian Tower
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 River of Tears
- 1 Saprazzan Skerry
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Snow-Covered Island
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Sunken Ruins
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Swarmyard
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
- 1 Tomb Fortress
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground River
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (43)
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Brain Freeze
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Curate
- 1 Detect Intrusion
- 1 Impulse
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Moment of Truth
- 1 Snap
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Trickbind
- 1 Unsubstantiate
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Long-Term Plans
- 1 Mana Short
- 1 Unwind
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Rewind
- 1 Turnabout
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Dizzy Spell
- 1 Dream's Grip
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Gigadrowse
- 1 High Tide
- 1 Into the Flood Maw
- 1 Mental Note
- 1 Opt
- 1 Peek
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Suspend
- 1 Thought Scour
- 1 Twiddle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Spectral Restitching
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (35)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (44)
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Brain Freeze
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Curate
- 1 Detect Intrusion
- 1 Impulse
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Moment of Truth
- 1 Snap
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Trickbind
- 1 Unsubstantiate
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Long-Term Plans
- 1 Mana Short
- 1 Unwind
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Rewind
- 1 Turnabout
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Dizzy Spell
- 1 Dream's Grip
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Gigadrowse
- 1 High Tide
- 1 Into the Flood Maw
- 1 Mental Note
- 1 Opt
- 1 Peek
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Suspend
- 1 Thought Scour
- 1 Twiddle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Repeal
- 1 Spectral Restitching
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (35)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (44)
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Brain Freeze
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Curate
- 1 Detect Intrusion
- 1 Impulse
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Moment of Truth
- 1 Snap
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Trickbind
- 1 Unsubstantiate
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Long-Term Plans
- 1 Mana Short
- 1 Unwind
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Rewind
- 1 Turnabout
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Dizzy Spell
- 1 Dream's Grip
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Gigadrowse
- 1 High Tide
- 1 Into the Flood Maw
- 1 Mental Note
- 1 Opt
- 1 Peek
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Suspend
- 1 Thought Scour
- 1 Twiddle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Repeal
- 1 Spectral Restitching
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (35)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (46)
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Brain Freeze
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Curate
- 1 Impulse
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Moment of Truth
- 1 Remand
- 1 Snap
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Unsubstantiate
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Mana Short
- 1 Unwind
- 1 Rewind
- 1 Turnabout
- 1 Misdirection
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Dizzy Spell
- 1 Dream's Grip
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Gigadrowse
- 1 High Tide
- 1 Into the Flood Maw
- 1 Mental Note
- 1 Opt
- 1 Peek
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Suspend
- 1 Thought Scour
- 1 Three Steps Ahead
- 1 Twiddle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Repeal
Lands (35)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (44)
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Brain Freeze
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Curate
- 1 Detect Intrusion
- 1 Impulse
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Moment of Truth
- 1 Snap
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Trickbind
- 1 Unsubstantiate
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Long-Term Plans
- 1 Mana Short
- 1 Unwind
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Rewind
- 1 Turnabout
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Dizzy Spell
- 1 Dream's Grip
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Gigadrowse
- 1 High Tide
- 1 Into the Flood Maw
- 1 Mental Note
- 1 Opt
- 1 Peek
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Suspend
- 1 Thought Scour
- 1 Twiddle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Repeal
- 1 Spectral Restitching
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (35)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (1)
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (10)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (49)
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Muddle the Mixture
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Brain Freeze
- 1 Change the Equation
- 1 Curate
- 1 Impulse
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Miscalculation
- 1 Moment of Truth
- 1 Remand
- 1 Snap
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Unsubstantiate
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Mana Short
- 1 Mystical Dispute
- 1 Unwind
- 1 Rewind
- 1 Turnabout
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Dizzy Spell
- 1 Dream's Grip
- 1 Fading Hope
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Gigadrowse
- 1 High Tide
- 1 Into the Flood Maw
- 1 Mental Note
- 1 Opt
- 1 Peek
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Thought Scour
- 1 Twiddle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Repeal
Lands (35)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (49)
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Muddle the Mixture
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Brain Freeze
- 1 Change the Equation
- 1 Curate
- 1 Impulse
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Miscalculation
- 1 Moment of Truth
- 1 Remand
- 1 Snap
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Unsubstantiate
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Mana Short
- 1 Mystical Dispute
- 1 Unwind
- 1 Rewind
- 1 Turnabout
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Dizzy Spell
- 1 Dream's Grip
- 1 Fading Hope
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Gigadrowse
- 1 High Tide
- 1 Into the Flood Maw
- 1 Mental Note
- 1 Opt
- 1 Peek
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Thought Scour
- 1 Twiddle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Repeal