Disrupting Shoal
Card Rules and Details
Card Type: Instant — Arcane
Mana Cost: {X}{U}{U}
Oracle Rules Text: You may exile a blue card with mana value X from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Counter target spell if its mana value is X.
Set: Ultimate Masters (#51), Rarity: Rare, Artist: Scott M. Fischer
Instant
Blue
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Historical Printings & Sets (1)
1 Languages
Official Rulings (3)
2005-02-01
Disrupting Shoal can target any spell, but does nothing unless that spell's mana value is X.
2018-12-07
If a card in your hand has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
2018-12-07
If a spell has {X} in its mana cost, include the value chosen for that X when determining the mana value of that spell, even if it was cast for an alternative cost and no mana was spent on X.
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