---
name: "Force of Will"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}{U}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "MP2"
set_name: "Amonkhet Invocations"
collector_number: "14"
rarity: "special"
artist: "Jaime Jones"
oracle_id: "956381ba-6d37-4a8a-846c-bad79222dbee"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/force-of-will-mp2"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

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

## Oracle Text
You may pay 1 life and exile a blue card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Counter target spell.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Force of Negation](/printing/force-of-negation-2x2.md) — Instant
2. [Disrupting Shoal](/printing/disrupting-shoal-bok.md) — Instant — Arcane
3. [Oppressive Will](/printing/oppressive-will-sok.md) — Instant
4. [Snapback](/printing/snapback-tsr.md) — Instant
5. [Flare of Denial](/printing/flare-of-denial-mh3.md) — Instant
6. [Spell Syphon](/printing/spell-syphon-shm.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Amonkhet Invocations (MP2) #14
- **Rarity:** Special
- **Artist:** Jaime Jones
- **Total Printings:** 57 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`