---
name: "Thwart"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "MMQ"
set_name: "Mercadian Masques"
collector_number: "108"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Christopher Moeller"
oracle_id: "615a149a-2869-4b18-bbbe-9ec1825049d7"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/thwart-mmq"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Thwart
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
You may return three Islands you control to their owner's hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Counter target spell.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Daze](/printing/daze-wc00.md) — Instant
2. [Ensnare](/printing/ensnare-nem.md) — Instant
3. [Foil](/printing/foil-mb2.md) — Instant
4. [Deprive](/printing/deprive-roe.md) — Instant
5. [Gush](/printing/gush-plst.md) — Instant
6. [Miscast](/printing/miscast-m21.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mercadian Masques (MMQ) #108
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Christopher Moeller
- **Total Printings:** 10 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`