---
name: "Stifle"
mana_cost: "{U}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "WC04"
set_name: "World Championship Decks 2004"
collector_number: "gn52sb"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Dany Orizio"
oracle_id: "b3b00911-ece7-4484-bc36-f211ce72b6cc"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/stifle-wc04"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

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

## Oracle Text
Counter target activated or triggered ability. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.)

> *"If I wanted your opinion, I'd have told you what it was."
—Pemmin, Riptide survivor*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Disallow](/printing/disallow-aer.md) — Instant
2. [Voidslime](/printing/voidslime-pcmp.md) — Instant
3. [Squelch](/printing/squelch-chk.md) — Instant
4. [Counterspell](/printing/counterspell-dmr.md) — Instant
5. [Interdict](/printing/interdict-tmp.md) — Instant
6. [Bind](/printing/bind-inv.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** World Championship Decks 2004 (WC04) #gn52sb
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Dany Orizio
- **Total Printings:** 19 across all historical editions

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