---
name: "Counterbore"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}{U}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "DPA"
set_name: "Duels of the Planeswalkers"
collector_number: "5"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Wayne England"
oracle_id: "1198ec53-9050-417d-812f-692e1378d346"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/counterbore-dpa"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Counterbore
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}{U}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Counter target spell. Search its controller's graveyard, hand, and library for all cards with the same name as that spell and exile them. Then that player shuffles.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Quash](/printing/quash-bok.md) — Instant
2. [Test of Talents](/printing/test-of-talents-stx.md) — Instant
3. [Devious Cover-Up](/printing/devious-cover-up-grn.md) — Instant
4. [Slaughter Games](/printing/slaughter-games-ea1.md) — Sorcery
5. [Scour](/printing/scour-bok.md) — Instant
6. [Minamo's Meddling](/printing/minamos-meddling-bok.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Duels of the Planeswalkers (DPA) #5
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Wayne England
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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