---
name: "Force of Negation"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "2X2"
set_name: "Double Masters 2022"
collector_number: "429"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Paul Scott Canavan"
oracle_id: "ac2173f9-f223-440a-9231-fd98762bdc6f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/force-of-negation-2x2"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Force of Negation
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
If it's not your turn, you may exile a blue card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Counter target noncreature spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.

> *"Try, if you must."*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Force of Will](/printing/force-of-will-mp2.md) — Instant
2. [Flare of Denial](/printing/flare-of-denial-mh3.md) — Instant
3. [Disrupting Shoal](/printing/disrupting-shoal-bok.md) — Instant — Arcane
4. [Statute of Denial](/printing/statute-of-denial-m15.md) — Instant
5. [Snapback](/printing/snapback-tsr.md) — Instant
6. [Reject](/printing/reject-stx.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Double Masters 2022 (2X2) #429
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Paul Scott Canavan
- **Total Printings:** 36 across all historical editions

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