---
name: "Overwhelming Denial"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Surge"]
set: "POGW"
set_name: "Oath of the Gatewatch Promos"
collector_number: "61s"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Jama Jurabaev"
oracle_id: "45aa8bdb-54da-4069-bd6c-c63396154464"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/overwhelming-denial-pogw"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Overwhelming Denial
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Surge

## Oracle Text
Surge {U}{U} (You may cast this spell for its surge cost if you or a teammate has cast another spell this turn.)
This spell can't be countered.
Counter target spell.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Mystic Denial](/printing/mystic-denial-ptk.md) — Instant
2. [Last Word](/printing/last-word-dst.md) — Instant
3. [Counterflux](/printing/counterflux-sld.md) — Instant
4. [Flare of Denial](/printing/flare-of-denial-mh3.md) — Instant
5. [Fervent Denial](/printing/fervent-denial-c19.md) — Instant
6. [Ertai's Scorn](/printing/ertais-scorn-dmu.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Oath of the Gatewatch Promos (POGW) #61s
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Jama Jurabaev
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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