---
name: "Countervailing Winds"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Cycling"]
set: "AKR"
set_name: "Amonkhet Remastered"
collector_number: "56"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Tyler Jacobson"
oracle_id: "2c51e20b-07b2-4c96-8d73-87379aafbc7c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/countervailing-winds-akr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Countervailing Winds
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Cycling

## Oracle Text
Counter target spell unless its controller pays {1} for each card in your graveyard.
Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Rakshasa's Disdain](/printing/rakshasas-disdain-frf.md) — Instant
2. [Censor](/printing/censor-akh.md) — Instant
3. [Spell Snip](/printing/spell-snip-ala.md) — Instant
4. [Miscalculation](/printing/miscalculation-ulg.md) — Instant
5. [Counterpoint](/printing/counterpoint-mkc.md) — Instant
6. [Complicate](/printing/complicate-ons.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Amonkhet Remastered (AKR) #56
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Tyler Jacobson
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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