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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 | 142 | 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
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (46)
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Brain Freeze
- 1 Curate
- 1 Impulse
- 1 Lose Focus
- 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 Toils of Night and Day
- 1 Unwind
- 1 Rewind
- 1 Turnabout
- 1 Force of Will
- 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: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (46)
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Brain Freeze
- 1 Curate
- 1 Impulse
- 1 Lose Focus
- 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 Toils of Night and Day
- 1 Unwind
- 1 Rewind
- 1 Turnabout
- 1 Force of Will
- 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
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (46)
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Brain Freeze
- 1 Curate
- 1 Impulse
- 1 Lose Focus
- 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 Toils of Night and Day
- 1 Unwind
- 1 Rewind
- 1 Turnabout
- 1 Force of Will
- 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
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (46)
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Brain Freeze
- 1 Curate
- 1 Impulse
- 1 Lose Focus
- 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 Toils of Night and Day
- 1 Unwind
- 1 Rewind
- 1 Turnabout
- 1 Force of Will
- 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: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (46)
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Brain Freeze
- 1 Curate
- 1 Impulse
- 1 Lose Focus
- 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 Toils of Night and Day
- 1 Unwind
- 1 Rewind
- 1 Turnabout
- 1 Force of Will
- 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
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (46)
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Brain Freeze
- 1 Curate
- 1 Impulse
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Moment of Truth
- 1 Remand
- 1 Snap
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Unsubstantiate
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Confounding Riddle
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Mana Short
- 1 Mystical Dispute
- 1 Unwind
- 1 Rewind
- 1 Turnabout
- 1 Force of Will
- 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 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 (36)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Sorceries (8)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (1)
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (46)
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Brain Freeze
- 1 Curate
- 1 Impulse
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Moment of Truth
- 1 Remand
- 1 Snap
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Unsubstantiate
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Confounding Riddle
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Mana Short
- 1 Mystical Dispute
- 1 Unwind
- 1 Rewind
- 1 Turnabout
- 1 Force of Will
- 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 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 (36)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (30)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (15)
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (46)
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Brain Freeze
- 1 Curate
- 1 Impulse
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Moment of Truth
- 1 Remand
- 1 Snap
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Unsubstantiate
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Confounding Riddle
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Mana Short
- 1 Mystical Dispute
- 1 Unwind
- 1 Rewind
- 1 Turnabout
- 1 Force of Will
- 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 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 (36)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (46)
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Muddle the Mixture
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Brain Freeze
- 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 Cryptic Command
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Mana Short
- 1 Toils of Night and Day
- 1 Unwind
- 1 Rewind
- 1 Turnabout
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Misdirection
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Chain of Vapor
- 1 Consider
- 1 Dizzy Spell
- 1 Dream's Grip
- 1 Flusterstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Gigadrowse
- 1 High Tide
- 1 Into the Flood Maw
- 1 Mental Note
- 1 Opt
- 1 Peek
- 1 Sapphire Charm
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Thought Scour
- 1 Twiddle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
Lands (36)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (46)
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Moment of Truth
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Brain Freeze
- 1 Curate
- 1 Impulse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Snap
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Unsubstantiate
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Confounding Riddle
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Mana Short
- 1 Mystical Dispute
- 1 Unwind
- 1 Rewind
- 1 Turnabout
- 1 Force of Will
- 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 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 (36)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (46)
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Brain Freeze
- 1 Curate
- 1 Impulse
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Moment of Truth
- 1 Remand
- 1 Snap
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Unsubstantiate
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Confounding Riddle
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Mana Short
- 1 Mystical Dispute
- 1 Unwind
- 1 Rewind
- 1 Turnabout
- 1 Force of Will
- 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 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 (36)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (13)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (46)
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Brain Freeze
- 1 Curate
- 1 Impulse
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Moment of Truth
- 1 Remand
- 1 Snap
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Unsubstantiate
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Confounding Riddle
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Mana Short
- 1 Mystical Dispute
- 1 Unwind
- 1 Rewind
- 1 Turnabout
- 1 Force of Will
- 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 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 (36)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (7)
Enchantments (1)
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (46)
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Brain Freeze
- 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 Cryptic Command
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Mana Short
- 1 Toils of Night and Day
- 1 Unwind
- 1 Rewind
- 1 Turnabout
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Misdirection
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Chain of Vapor
- 1 Consider
- 1 Dizzy Spell
- 1 Dream's Grip
- 1 Flusterstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Gigadrowse
- 1 High Tide
- 1 Into the Flood Maw
- 1 Mental Note
- 1 Opt
- 1 Peek
- 1 Sapphire Charm
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Thought Scour
- 1 Twiddle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Muddle the Mixture
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
Lands (36)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (46)
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Muddle the Mixture
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Brain Freeze
- 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 Cryptic Command
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Mana Short
- 1 Toils of Night and Day
- 1 Unwind
- 1 Rewind
- 1 Turnabout
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Misdirection
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Chain of Vapor
- 1 Consider
- 1 Dizzy Spell
- 1 Dream's Grip
- 1 Flusterstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Gigadrowse
- 1 High Tide
- 1 Into the Flood Maw
- 1 Mental Note
- 1 Opt
- 1 Peek
- 1 Sapphire Charm
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Thought Scour
- 1 Twiddle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
