---
name: "Arcane Denial"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "ALL"
set_name: "Alliances"
collector_number: "22b"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Richard Kane Ferguson"
oracle_id: "ab1cc360-b9de-48d9-9983-4dfe4a7d2a37"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/arcane-denial-all"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Arcane Denial
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Counter target spell. Its controller may draw up to two cards at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
You draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Dream Fracture](/printing/dream-fracture-cns.md) — Instant
2. [Refute](/printing/refute-fdn.md) — Instant
3. [Contradict](/printing/contradict-dtk.md) — Instant
4. [Dismiss](/printing/dismiss-tmp.md) — Instant
5. [Deny Entry](/printing/deny-entry-tle.md) — Instant
6. [Scatter Arc](/printing/scatter-arc-gtc.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Alliances (ALL) #22b
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Richard Kane Ferguson
- **Total Printings:** 109 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `not_legal`