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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
Main Deck
Creatures (31)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (16)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (31)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (16)
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (47)
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Brain Freeze
- 1 Change the Equation
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Curate
- 1 Impulse
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Miscalculation
- 1 Moment of Truth
- 1 Peer Through Depths
- 1 Remand
- 1 Snap
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Unsubstantiate
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 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 Fading Hope
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Gigadrowse
- 1 High Tide
- 1 Into the Flood Maw
- 1 Opt
- 1 Peek
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Thought Scour
- 1 Twiddle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Repeal
Lands (35)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
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Creatures (14)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (18)
Lands (17)
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Sorceries (10)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
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Creatures (31)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (16)
Sideboard
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Creatures (14)
Sorceries (10)
Lands (17)
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Sorceries (6)
Instants (25)
Artifacts (8)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (8)
Sideboard
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Sorceries (9)
Instants (19)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
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Creatures (15)
Sorceries (10)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (16)
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (46)
- 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 Brainsurge
- 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: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (45)
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Brain Freeze
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Curate
- 1 Daze
- 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 Brainsurge
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Mana Short
- 1 Unwind
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Rewind
- 1 Turnabout
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Chain of Vapor
- 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 Stifle
- 1 Suspend
- 1 Twiddle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Whispers of the Muse
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Repeal
Lands (35)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (19)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (7)
Enchantments (1)
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (19)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (10)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (19)
- 1 Profane Tutor
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Beseech the Mirror
- 1 Sylvan Scrying
- 1 Eldritch Evolution
- 1 Yawgmoth's Will
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
- 1 Solve the Equation
- 1 Stock Up
- 1 Lórien Revealed
- 1 Peer into the Abyss
- 1 Duress
- 1 Inquisition of Kozilek
- 1 Thoughtseize
- 1 Neoform
- 1 Personal Tutor
- 1 Ponder
- 1 Preordain
- 1 Gitaxian Probe
Instants (28)
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Cabal Ritual
- 1 Shred Memory
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Flash
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Saw in Half
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Rakshasa's Bargain
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Culling the Weak
- 1 Demonic Consultation
- 1 Sacrifice
- 1 Crop Rotation
- 1 Veil of Summer
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Dispel
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Mental Note
- 1 Peek
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Thought Scour
- 1 Muddle the Mixture
- 1 Mental Misstep
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (35)
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Bojuka Bog
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Botanical Sanctum
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Forest
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Hedge Maze
- 1 Island
- 1 Lake of the Dead
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Multiversal Passage
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Sunken Ruins
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Tropical Island
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Mortuary
- 1 Underground River
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (29)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (16)
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
