---
name: "Metallic Rebuke"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Improvise"]
set: "AER"
set_name: "Aether Revolt"
collector_number: "39"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Eric Deschamps"
oracle_id: "c4920e95-a6fc-4373-a0d6-244f51851364"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/metallic-rebuke-aer"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Metallic Rebuke
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Improvise

## Oracle Text
Improvise (Your artifacts can help cast this spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for {1}.)
Counter target spell unless its controller pays {3}.

> *„Zu wenig, zu spät. Die Maschine läuft bereits." —Tezzeret*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Stoic Rebuttal](/printing/stoic-rebuttal-td2.md) — Instant
2. [Override](/printing/override-mrd.md) — Instant
3. [Revolutionary Rebuff](/printing/revolutionary-rebuff-kld.md) — Instant
4. [Rethink](/printing/rethink-pcy.md) — Instant
5. [Disruption Protocol](/printing/disruption-protocol-neo.md) — Instant
6. [Machinist's Dismissal](/printing/machinists-dismissal-yeoe.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Aether Revolt (AER) #39
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Eric Deschamps
- **Total Printings:** 18 across all historical editions

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