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Stifle 
Instant
Oracle Text
Counter target activated or triggered ability. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.)
Format Legality
LegacyVintagePremodernDuel Commander
Competitive Play by Format
Top 8 decklists that played Stifle, by format.
| Format | Decks 30d | Avg 30d | Decks 12mo | Avg 12mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duel Commander | 2 | 1 | 370 | 1 |
| Premodern | 30 | 4 | 220 | 3.6 |
| Legacy | 6 | 3.8 | 84 | 2.5 |
Details
- Set
- Mystery Booster 2
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana value
- 1
- Collector #
- 173
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Recent Top-8 Decks Playing Stifle
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Instants (18)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (33)
Artifacts (1)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Instants (23)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Instants (23)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (33)
Artifacts (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (4)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (33)
Artifacts (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (37)
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Censor
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Daze
- 1 Dazzling Denial
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Miscalculation
- 1 Remand
- 1 Snap
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Flare of Denial
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Exclude
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Unwind
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Rewind
- 1 Engulf the Shore
- 1 Fact or Fiction
- 1 Evacuation
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 High Tide
- 1 Peek
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Disrupting Shoal
- 1 Logic Knot
Artifacts (4)
Lands (40)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Faerie Mastermind
- 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
- 1 Brazen Borrower
- 1 Harbinger of the Seas
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
- 1 Vendilion Clique
- 1 Bonecrusher Giant
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
- 1 Abhorrent Oculus
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Fury
- 1 Murktide Regent
- 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
- 1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
Sorceries (11)
Instants (27)
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Daze
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Flame of Anor
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Ghostfire Slice
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Pyrokinesis
- 1 Lava Dart
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Unholy Heat
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Peek
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (36)
- 1 Arena of Glory
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Cascade Bluffs
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Cori Mountain Monastery
- 1 Fiery Islet
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 2 Island
- 2 Island
- 1 Island
- 1 Island
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 2 Mountain
- 1 Opal Palace
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Riverglide Pathway
- 1 Riverpyre Verge
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shivan Reef
- 1 Spirebluff Canal
- 1 Steam Vents
- 1 Stormcarved Coast
- 1 Sulfur Falls
- 1 Swarmyard
- 1 Thundering Falls
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (37)
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Censor
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Daze
- 1 Dazzling Denial
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Miscalculation
- 1 Remand
- 1 Snap
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Flare of Denial
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Exclude
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Unwind
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Rewind
- 1 Engulf the Shore
- 1 Fact or Fiction
- 1 Evacuation
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 High Tide
- 1 Peek
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Disrupting Shoal
- 1 Logic Knot
Artifacts (4)
Lands (40)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (49)
- 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 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 Brainsurge
- 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 Counterspell
- 1 Muddle the Mixture
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Repeal
Lands (35)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Emet-Selch, Unsundered
- 1 Grief
- 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
- 1 Griselbrand
- 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
- 1 Rune-Scarred Demon
- 1 Ardyn, the Usurper
- 1 Hoarding Broodlord
- 1 Archon of Cruelty
- 1 Bringer of the Last Gift
- 1 Valgavoth, Terror Eater
- 1 Astral Dragon
- 1 Sundering Titan
- 1 Summon: Bahamut
- 1 Psychic Frog
Sorceries (24)
- 1 Profane Tutor
- 1 Collective Brutality
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Exhume
- 1 Lively Dirge
- 1 Persist
- 1 Unmarked Grave
- 1 Chart a Course
- 1 Buried Alive
- 1 Toxic Deluge
- 1 Yawgmoth's Will
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
- 1 Show and Tell
- 1 Stock Up
- 1 Lórien Revealed
- 1 Bone Shards
- 1 Dread Fugue
- 1 Duress
- 1 Inquisition of Kozilek
- 1 Thoughtseize
- 1 Careful Study
- 1 Ponder
- 1 Preordain
- 1 Gitaxian Probe
Instants (16)
Artifacts (1)
Lands (38)
- 1 Agna Qel'a
- 1 Ash Barrens
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 City of Traitors
- 1 Clearwater Pathway
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Crystal Vein
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Ebon Stronghold
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Island
- 1 Lake of the Dead
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Multiversal Passage
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 River of Tears
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Snow-Covered Island
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Starting Town
- 1 Sunken Ruins
- 2 Swamp
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground River
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (49)
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Muddle the Mixture
- 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 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
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
- 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
- 1 Dreadhorde Arcanist
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Harbinger of the Seas
- 1 Ledger Shredder
- 1 Magda, the Hoardmaster
- 1 Tersa Lightshatter
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
- 1 Faerie Mastermind
- 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
- 1 Brazen Borrower
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
- 1 Vendilion Clique
- 1 Magus of the Moon
- 1 Abhorrent Oculus
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Fury
- 1 Murktide Regent
- 1 Grim Lavamancer
- 1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
Sorceries (6)
Instants (29)
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Daze
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Miscalculation
- 1 Remand
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Ghostfire Slice
- 1 Pyrokinesis
- 1 Burst Lightning
- 1 Galvanic Blast
- 1 Lava Dart
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Play with Fire
- 1 Tarfire
- 1 Unholy Heat
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Mental Note
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Thought Scour
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (37)
- 1 Arena of Glory
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Cascade Bluffs
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Den of the Bugbear
- 1 Fiery Islet
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 10 Island
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 3 Mountain
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Riverglide Pathway
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shivan Reef
- 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
- 1 Spirebluff Canal
- 1 Steam Vents
- 1 Stormcarved Coast
- 1 Sulfur Falls
- 1 Thundering Falls
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (49)
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Muddle the Mixture
- 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 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
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (44)
- 1 Brain Freeze
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Curate
- 1 Defabricate
- 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 Turnabout
- 1 Misdirection
- 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 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Strix Serenade
- 1 Thought Scour
- 1 Twiddle
- 1 Vapor Snag
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Withdraw
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
Lands (35)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
- 1 Ledger Shredder
- 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
- 1 Sinister Concierge
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
- 1 Brazen Borrower
- 1 Harbinger of the Seas
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
- 1 Vendilion Clique
- 1 Bonecrusher Giant
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
- 1 Abhorrent Oculus
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Fury
- 1 Murktide Regent
- 1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
Sorceries (10)
Instants (29)
- 1 Abrade
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Miscalculation
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Flame of Anor
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Ghostfire Slice
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Pyrokinesis
- 1 Fiery Impulse
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Unholy Heat
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Peek
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
Artifacts (3)
Lands (37)
- 1 Agna Qel'a
- 1 Arena of Glory
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Cori Mountain Monastery
- 1 Fiery Islet
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 6 Island
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 5 Mountain
- 1 Opal Palace
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Riverglide Pathway
- 1 Riverpyre Verge
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shivan Reef
- 1 Spirebluff Canal
- 1 Steam Vents
- 1 Stormcarved Coast
- 1 Sulfur Falls
- 1 Swarmyard
- 1 Thundering Falls
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
- 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
- 1 Dreadhorde Arcanist
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Harbinger of the Seas
- 1 Ledger Shredder
- 1 Magda, the Hoardmaster
- 1 Tersa Lightshatter
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
- 1 Faerie Mastermind
- 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
- 1 Brazen Borrower
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
- 1 Vendilion Clique
- 1 Magus of the Moon
- 1 Abhorrent Oculus
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Fury
- 1 Murktide Regent
- 1 Grim Lavamancer
- 1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
Sorceries (6)
Instants (29)
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Daze
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Miscalculation
- 1 Remand
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Ghostfire Slice
- 1 Pyrokinesis
- 1 Burst Lightning
- 1 Galvanic Blast
- 1 Lava Dart
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Play with Fire
- 1 Tarfire
- 1 Unholy Heat
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Mental Note
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Thought Scour
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (37)
- 1 Arena of Glory
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Cascade Bluffs
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Den of the Bugbear
- 1 Fiery Islet
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 10 Island
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 3 Mountain
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Riverglide Pathway
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shivan Reef
- 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
- 1 Spirebluff Canal
- 1 Steam Vents
- 1 Stormcarved Coast
- 1 Sulfur Falls
- 1 Thundering Falls
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
- 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
- 1 Brazen Borrower
- 1 Harbinger of the Seas
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
- 1 Vendilion Clique
- 1 Bonecrusher Giant
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Abhorrent Oculus
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Fury
- 1 Quantum Riddler
- 1 Oliphaunt
- 1 Murktide Regent
- 1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
Sorceries (9)
Instants (34)
- 1 Untimely Malfunction
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Miscalculation
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Flame of Anor
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Ghostfire Slice
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Mystic Confluence
- 1 Pyrokinesis
- 1 Burst Lightning
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Redirect Lightning
- 1 Unholy Heat
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Opt
- 1 Peek
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
Enchantments (2)
Lands (36)
- 1 Arena of Glory
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Cori Mountain Monastery
- 1 Fiery Islet
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Hall of Storm Giants
- 6 Island
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 6 Mountain
- 1 Opal Palace
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Riverglide Pathway
- 1 Riverpyre Verge
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shivan Reef
- 1 Steam Vents
- 1 Sulfur Falls
- 1 Swarmyard
- 1 Thundering Falls
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Wooded Foothills
