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Spell Pierce 
Instant
Oracle Text
Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays 
.
.Format Legality
StandardPioneerModernLegacyVintagePauperDuel Commander
Competitive Play by Format
Top 8 decklists that played Spell Pierce, by format.
| Format | Decks 30d | Avg 30d | Decks 12mo | Avg 12mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | 113 | 1.4 | 1323 | 1.5 |
| Pioneer | 53 | 1.4 | 720 | 1.5 |
| Vintage | 20 | 2 | 399 | 2.2 |
| Modern | 45 | 1.5 | 372 | 1.6 |
| Duel Commander | 7 | 1 | 283 | 1 |
| Pauper | 20 | 1.9 | 223 | 1.8 |
| Legacy | 17 | 1.2 | 117 | 1.5 |
Details
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana value
- 1
- Collector #
- 153
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Recent Top-8 Decks Playing Spell Pierce
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (17)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
- 1 Abandon Attachments
$0.32
0.03 tix - 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix - 2 Annul
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Broadside Barrage
$0.36
0.03 tix
- 1 Ghost Vacuum
$3.75
0.90 tix
- 1 Iroh's Demonstration
$0.28
0.06 tix
- 2 Negate
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 3 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 1 Torch the Tower
$0.29
0.03 tix
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (11)
Artifacts (7)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Accumulate Wisdom
$0.30
0.27 tix
- 1 Boomerang Basics
$0.71
1.49 tix
- 1 Firebending Lesson
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.29 tix
- 1 It'll Quench Ya!
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Octopus Form
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 2 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 2 Scorching Shot
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 2 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 2 Torch the Tower
$0.29
0.03 tix
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (11)
Artifacts (7)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Abandon Attachments
$0.32
0.03 tix
- 1 Accumulate Wisdom
$0.30
0.27 tix
- 1 Boomerang Basics
$0.71
1.49 tix
- 1 Firebending Lesson
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 1 It'll Quench Ya!
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Octopus Form
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 2 Scorching Shot
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 2 Screaming Nemesis
$5.99
1.02 tix
- 2 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 2 Torch the Tower
$0.29
0.03 tix
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (7)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Boomerang Basics
$0.71
1.49 tix
- 2 Firebending Lesson
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.29 tix
- 1 Iroh's Demonstration
$0.28
0.06 tix
- 1 It'll Quench Ya!
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Octopus Form
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 2 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 2 Torch the Tower
$0.29
0.03 tix
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (11)
Artifacts (7)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Abandon Attachments
$0.32
0.03 tix
- 1 Boomerang Basics
$0.71
1.49 tix
- 1 Firebending Lesson
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 1 It'll Quench Ya!
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Octopus Form
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 2 Pyroclasm$0.20 0.02 tix
- 2 Scorching Shot$0.26 0.03 tix
- 2 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 2 Torch the Tower$0.29 0.03 tix
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (27)
- 4 Demolition Field$0.27 0.02 tix
- 4 Floodfarm Verge$8.96 0.19 tix
- 2 Fountainport$2.45 0.07 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 4 Meticulous Archive$9.81 4.12 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 2 Multiversal Passage$7.00 4.01 tix
- 3 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 2 Restless Anchorage$0.99 0.02 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$9.91 0.17 tix
- 1 Sunbillow Verge$10.32 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Annul
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 2 Authority of the Consuls
$4.17
0.02 tix - 1 Beza, the Bounding Spring
$4.36
1.99 tix
- 3 Clarion Conqueror
$2.02
0.70 tix
- 2 Fire Magic
$0.92
3.77 tix
- 1 Negate
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.23 tix
- 1 Riverchurn Monument
$1.98
0.02 tix
- 1 Seam Rip
$0.34
0.13 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
- 2 Annul
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Chandra, Spark Hunter
$2.06
0.03 tix - 1 Disdainful Stroke
$0.08
0.03 tix
- 1 Fire Magic
$0.92
3.77 tix
- 1 Frostcliff Siege
$2.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Kaito, Cunning Infiltrator
$1.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 2 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 1 Stonesplitter Bolt
$0.23
0.03 tix - 1 The Legend of Kuruk
$3.06
1.00 tix
- 2 Thunder Magic
$0.17
0.03 tix
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (18)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (11)
Artifacts (7)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Accumulate Wisdom
$0.30
0.27 tix
- 1 Boomerang Basics$0.71 1.49 tix
- 1 Firebending Lesson
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.29 tix
- 1 It'll Quench Ya!
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Octopus Form
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 2 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Reckless Rage
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 2 This Town Ain't Big Enough
$0.26
0.03 tix - 2 Torch the Tower
$0.29
0.03 tix
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (11)
Artifacts (7)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Abandon Attachments
$0.32
0.03 tix
- 1 Accumulate Wisdom
$0.30
0.27 tix
- 1 Boomerang Basics
$0.71
1.49 tix
- 4 Firebending Lesson
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 1 It'll Quench Ya!
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Octopus Form
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 1 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 2 Screaming Nemesis
$5.99
1.02 tix
- 2 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Annul
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 2 Brazen Borrower
$0.49
0.04 tix
- 1 Brotherhood's End
$1.10
1.94 tix
- 2 Change the Equation
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Fire Magic
$0.92
3.77 tix
- 2 Ledger Shredder
$7.65
0.17 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.39
0.03 tix
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (10)
Artifacts (7)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Abandon Attachments
$0.32
0.03 tix
- 3 Annul
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Boomerang Basics
$0.71
1.49 tix
- 1 Firebending Lesson
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 1 Iroh's Demonstration
$0.28
0.06 tix
- 1 It'll Quench Ya!
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Octopus Form
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 1 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 2 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 2 Witchstalker Frenzy
$0.33
0.03 tix
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (7)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Accumulate Wisdom
$0.30
0.27 tix
- 1 Boomerang Basics
$0.71
1.49 tix
- 2 Firebending Lesson
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.29 tix
- 1 It'll Quench Ya!
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Octopus Form
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 2 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Scorching Shot
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 2 Torch the Tower
$0.29
0.03 tix
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
- 1 Ledger Shredder
$7.65
0.17 tix
- 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
$1.91
0.02 tix
- 1 Sinister Concierge
$1.13
1.47 tix
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
$16.04
0.11 tix
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.49
0.04 tix
- 1 Harbinger of the Seas
$1.41
1.28 tix
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
$2.71
0.73 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
- 1 Bonecrusher Giant
$0.23
0.02 tix
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
$0.32
0.02 tix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
$4.07
1.17 tix
- 1 Abhorrent Oculus
$13.28
14.98 tix
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
$2.25
0.69 tix
- 1 Subtlety
$15.09
8.00 tix
- 1 Pyrogoyf
$1.81
4.71 tix
- 1 Fury
$0.58
0.70 tix
- 1 Murktide Regent
$7.52
7.55 tix - 1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
$35.25
9.13 tix
Sorceries (10)
Instants (29)
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
$3.14
4.79 tix
- 1 Daze
$0.88
0.02 tix
- 1 Lose Focus
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 1 Mana Leak
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 1 Memory Lapse
$0.39
0.04 tix
- 1 Miscalculation
$0.32
0.27 tix
- 1 Remand
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 1 Tale's End
$1.96
0.02 tix
- 1 Flame of Anor
$4.68
0.07 tix
- 1 Sink into Stupor
$5.19
7.85 tix
- 1 Ghostfire Slice
$0.35
0.03 tix
- 1 Brainsurge
$0.38
0.03 tix
- 1 Intuition
$358.15
16.53 tix
- 1 Pyrokinesis
$1.59
7.31 tix
- 1 Fiery Impulse
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
$0.20
0.03 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.83
0.02 tix
- 1 Unholy Heat
$0.29
0.01 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Force Spike
$0.91
0.04 tix
- 1 Peek
$0.45
0.03 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 1 Spell Snare
$0.36
0.24 tix
- 1 Stern Scolding
$0.28
0.35 tix
- 1 Stifle
$7.02
16.99 tix
- 1 Wash Away
$0.39
0.03 tix
- 1 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.23
0.02 tix
Artifacts (3)
Lands (37)
- 1 Agna Qel'a$0.97 0.10 tix
- 1 Arena of Glory$7.26 0.67 tix
- 1 Arid Mesa$29.61 3.61 tix
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.35 tix
- 1 Command Tower$0.28 0.01 tix
- 1 Cori Mountain Monastery$0.39 0.36 tix
- 1 Fiery Islet$4.36 7.30 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 6 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Mistrise Village$8.25 0.52 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 5 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Opal Palace$0.24 0.02 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.39 2.02 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 tix
- 1 Prismatic Vista$25.85 2.98 tix
- 1 Riverglide Pathway$4.86 0.15 tix
- 1 Riverpyre Verge$20.57 0.74 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.56 3.92 tix
- 1 Shivan Reef$0.28 0.02 tix
- 1 Spirebluff Canal$5.09 0.67 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.98 0.18 tix
- 1 Stormcarved Coast$1.82 0.02 tix
- 1 Sulfur Falls$0.23 0.02 tix
- 1 Swarmyard$4.14 0.02 tix
- 1 Thundering Falls$14.72 6.85 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.31 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$17.02 2.44 tix
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
- 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
$1.91
0.02 tix
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
$16.04
0.11 tix
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.49
0.04 tix
- 1 Harbinger of the Seas
$1.41
1.28 tix
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
$2.71
0.73 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
- 1 Bonecrusher Giant
$0.23
0.02 tix
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
$0.32
0.02 tix
- 1 Abhorrent Oculus
$13.28
14.98 tix
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
$2.25
0.69 tix
- 1 Subtlety
$15.09
8.00 tix
- 1 Pyrogoyf
$1.81
4.71 tix
- 1 Fury
$0.58
0.70 tix
- 1 Quantum Riddler
$29.99
32.15 tix
- 1 Oliphaunt
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 1 Murktide Regent
$7.52
7.55 tix
- 1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
$35.25
9.13 tix
Sorceries (9)
Instants (34)
- 1 Untimely Malfunction
$7.61
0.14 tix
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
$3.14
4.79 tix
- 1 Daze
$0.88
0.02 tix
- 1 Lose Focus
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 1 Mana Leak
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 1 Memory Lapse
$0.39
0.04 tix
- 1 Miscalculation
$0.32
0.27 tix
- 1 Remand
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 1 Tale's End
$1.96
0.02 tix
- 1 Flame of Anor
$4.68
0.07 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$49.45
18.79 tix
- 1 Sink into Stupor
$5.19
7.85 tix
- 1 Ghostfire Slice
$0.35
0.03 tix
- 1 Brainsurge
$0.38
0.03 tix
- 1 Intuition
$358.15
16.53 tix
- 1 Mystic Confluence
$0.41
0.37 tix
- 1 Pyrokinesis
$1.59
7.31 tix
- 1 Burst Lightning
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
$0.20
0.03 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.83
0.02 tix
- 1 Redirect Lightning
$8.56
0.33 tix
- 1 Unholy Heat
$0.29
0.01 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Consider
$0.26
0.01 tix
- 1 Force Spike
$0.91
0.04 tix
- 1 Opt
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Peek
$0.45
0.03 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 1 Spell Snare
$0.36
0.24 tix
- 1 Stern Scolding
$0.28
0.35 tix
- 1 Stifle
$7.02
16.99 tix
- 1 Wash Away
$0.39
0.03 tix
- 1 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.23
0.02 tix
Enchantments (2)
Lands (36)
- 1 Arena of Glory$7.26 0.67 tix
- 1 Arid Mesa$29.61 3.61 tix
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.35 tix
- 1 Command Tower$0.28 0.01 tix
- 1 Cori Mountain Monastery$0.39 0.36 tix
- 1 Fiery Islet$4.36 7.30 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 1 Hall of Storm Giants$0.44 0.02 tix
- 6 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Mistrise Village$8.25 0.52 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 6 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Opal Palace$0.24 0.02 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.39 2.02 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 tix
- 1 Prismatic Vista$25.85 2.98 tix
- 1 Riverglide Pathway$4.86 0.15 tix
- 1 Riverpyre Verge$20.57 0.74 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.56 3.92 tix
- 1 Shivan Reef$0.28 0.02 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.98 0.18 tix
- 1 Sulfur Falls$0.23 0.02 tix
- 1 Swarmyard$4.14 0.02 tix
- 1 Thundering Falls$14.72 6.85 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.31 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$17.02 2.44 tix
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (18)
- 1 Force of Negation
$49.45
18.79 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$49.45
18.79 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
9.52 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.23
0.02 tix - 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.23
0.02 tix
- 4 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
Artifacts (6)
Lands (19)
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 tix
- 3 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$11.09 1.68 tix
- 3 Tundra$278.32 13.07 tix
- 1 Undercity Sewers$9.73 7.26 tix
- 3 Underground Sea$393.31 14.03 tix
- 1 Urza's Saga$36.02 13.39 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.53 0.02 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.53 0.02 tix
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (6)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Consign to Memory
$3.44
31.43 tix
- 3 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Dismember$3.09 3.85 tix
- 2 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix - 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
$2.42
0.02 tix - 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 2 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 2 Stony Silence
$0.69
0.02 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 10.95 tix
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (12)
Enchantments (7)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (22)
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 4 Multiversal Passage$7.00 4.01 tix
- 4 Riverpyre Verge$20.57 0.74 tix
- 4 Spirebluff Canal$5.09 0.67 tix
- 1 Thundering Falls$14.72 6.85 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Annul
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Broadside Barrage
$0.36
0.03 tix
- 1 Disdainful Stroke
$0.08
0.03 tix
- 1 Fire Magic
$0.92
3.77 tix
- 1 Ghost Vacuum
$3.75
0.90 tix
- 2 Negate
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 2 Slagstorm
$0.33
0.02 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
$2.25
0.69 tix
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (7)
Enchantments (9)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
