---
name: "Forceful Denial"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}{U}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Cascade"]
set: "CMR"
set_name: "Commander Legends"
collector_number: "69"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Volkan Baǵa"
oracle_id: "21d3db6b-58cc-435c-bfd6-8320f6efcbbe"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/forceful-denial-cmr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Forceful Denial
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}{U}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Cascade

## Oracle Text
Cascade (When you cast this spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Put the exiled cards on the bottom in a random order.)
Counter target spell.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Deny Reality](/printing/deny-reality-pc2.md) — Sorcery
2. [Kindred Denial](/printing/kindred-denial-ymid.md) — Instant
3. [Counterlash](/printing/counterlash-plst.md) — Instant
4. [Fervent Denial](/printing/fervent-denial-c19.md) — Instant
5. [Spellshift](/printing/spellshift-plc.md) — Instant
6. [Demonic Dread](/printing/demonic-dread-arb.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander Legends (CMR) #69
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Volkan Baǵa
- **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: `legal` | Penny: `not_legal`