Card

Spelljack

Mana cost {3}{U}{U}{U}

Instant

Counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard. You may play it without paying its mana cost for as long as it remains exiled. (If it has X in its mana cost, X is 0.)

Part of 4 known combos, 3 of them two-card. 3 official rulings.

Commander
Legal
Printing
Rare · JUD · #51
Cheapest printing
€1.37
EDHREC salt
0.53
Color identity
Blue

Scryfall · EDHREC

Bracket

Why

  • Two-card combo with Thousand-Year Storm, Swarm Intelligence, Bonus Round (none of them early)

How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket

Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags

Combos

4 known combos, 3 of them two-card.

Combos: Commander Spellbook

Rulings

  • 2008-08-01 · Wizards of the Coast
    If you use this on an opponent’s spell which has Buyback, you may pay the Buyback cost as you cast it. If you do so, the card will go to its owner’s hand upon resolution. It will not go to your hand, nor to any player’s graveyard.
  • 2004-10-04 · Wizards of the Coast
    If you cast an instant or sorcery, it goes to its owner’s graveyard when it resolves.
  • 2004-10-04 · Wizards of the Coast
    This spell can be used on a spell cast using Flashback.

Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast

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