---
name: "Denied!"
mana_cost: "{U}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "UGL"
set_name: "Unglued"
collector_number: "22"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Quinton Hoover"
oracle_id: "4c39b74c-db93-4dba-8ce3-3683b8cfaac5"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/denied-ugl"
legalities:
  commander: "not_legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "not_legal"
  vintage: "not_legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Denied!
- **Mana Cost:** `{U}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Choose a card name, then target spell's controller reveals their hand. If a card with the chosen name is revealed this way, counter that spell.

> *"Don't worry about it. It happens to every mage sooner or later."*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Minamo's Meddling](/printing/minamos-meddling-bok.md) — Instant
2. [Lay Bare](/printing/lay-bare-roe.md) — Instant
3. [Declaration of Naught](/printing/declaration-of-naught-mor.md) — Enchantment
4. [Kindred Denial](/printing/kindred-denial-ymid.md) — Instant
5. [Magus of the Scroll](/printing/magus-of-the-scroll-tsp.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
6. [Vexing Arcanix](/printing/vexing-arcanix-8ed.md) — Artifact

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Unglued (UGL) #22
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Quinton Hoover

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