---
name: "Hindering Light"
mana_cost: "{W}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U", "W"]
color_identity: ["U", "W"]
keywords: []
set: "OTP"
set_name: "Breaking News"
collector_number: "46"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Magnus Jansson"
oracle_id: "945ac15c-780b-44a9-8a8e-011cf1c30876"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/hindering-light-otp"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Hindering Light
- **Mana Cost:** `{W}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Counter target spell that targets you or a permanent you control.
Draw a card.

> *Chapeau! Brillante mercenario Sterling risolve impasse con nonchalance*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Keep Safe](/printing/keep-safe-iko.md) — Instant
2. [Contradict](/printing/contradict-dtk.md) — Instant
3. [Turn Aside](/printing/turn-aside-emn.md) — Instant
4. [Confound](/printing/confound-pls.md) — Instant
5. [Rebuff the Wicked](/printing/rebuff-the-wicked-plst.md) — Instant
6. [Dream Fracture](/printing/dream-fracture-cns.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Breaking News (OTP) #46
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Magnus Jansson
- **Total Printings:** 17 across all historical editions

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