---
name: "Spell Pierce"
mana_cost: "{U}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "XLN"
set_name: "Ixalan"
collector_number: "81"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Deruchenko Alexander"
oracle_id: "d64b0848-0193-4025-ba62-63ecd8fb9f50"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/spell-pierce-xln"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Spell Pierce
- **Mana Cost:** `{U}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays {2}.

> *"El fuego de un necio se apaga fácilmente". —Moldeador Kumena*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Revolutionary Rebuff](/printing/revolutionary-rebuff-kld.md) — Instant
2. [Quench](/printing/quench-rvr.md) — Instant
3. [Force Spike](/printing/force-spike-plst.md) — Instant
4. [It'll Quench Ya!](/printing/itll-quench-ya-tla.md) — Instant — Lesson
5. [Negate](/printing/negate-ogw.md) — Instant
6. [Spell Snare](/printing/spell-snare-plst.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Ixalan (XLN) #81
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Deruchenko Alexander
- **Total Printings:** 68 across all historical editions

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