---
name: "Ertai's Trickery"
mana_cost: "{U}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "PLS"
set_name: "Planeshift"
collector_number: "24"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Kev Walker"
oracle_id: "93d0691f-17b8-458b-a624-e182fc481f49"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/ertais-trickery-pls"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Ertai's Trickery
- **Mana Cost:** `{U}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Counter target spell if it was kicked.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Highly Illogical](/printing/highly-illogical-trk.md) — Instant
2. [Counterspell](/printing/counterspell-dmr.md) — Instant
3. [Spell Counter](/printing/spell-counter-unh.md) — Instant
4. [Counterlash](/printing/counterlash-plst.md) — Instant
5. [Faerie Trickery](/printing/faerie-trickery-lrw.md) — Kindred Instant — Faerie
6. [Spell Contortion](/printing/spell-contortion-wwk.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Planeshift (PLS) #24
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Kev Walker
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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