---
name: "Psychic Barrier"
mana_cost: "{U}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "NPH"
set_name: "New Phyrexia"
collector_number: "43"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Dan Murayama Scott"
oracle_id: "2e712090-2284-4325-8ee8-38cd0e2bedd8"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/psychic-barrier-nph"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Psychic Barrier
- **Mana Cost:** `{U}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Counter target creature spell. Its controller loses 1 life.

> *「我能容忍非瑞克西亞人，因為龍王有這需要。 但我對不請自來的客人毫無耐心。」 ～泰茲瑞*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Remove Soul](/printing/remove-soul-s99.md) — Instant
2. [False Summoning](/printing/false-summoning-plst.md) — Instant
3. [Preemptive Strike](/printing/preemptive-strike-ptk.md) — Instant
4. [Essence Scatter](/printing/essence-scatter-ddt.md) — Instant
5. [Exclude](/printing/exclude-cmm.md) — Instant
6. [Essence Capture](/printing/essence-capture-rna.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** New Phyrexia (NPH) #43
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Dan Murayama Scott
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

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