Brush Off

Instant

This spell costs {1}{U} less to cast if it targets an instant or sorcery spell.
Counter target spell.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{2}{U}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Secrets of Strixhaven
Price
$0.18
EDHREC rank
#18435
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Brush Off bounces a creature and replaces itself — the cantrip is the reason to run it, turning a tempo play into card parity. Three mana for a bounce spell is overcosted unless you're getting something back, and Baral, Chief of Compliance makes that math work by discounting it to two and looting on resolution.

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Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

In Commander, Brush Off sits at the bottom of the bounce-spell pecking order — Cyclonic Rift, Winds of Rebuke, and even Void Snare all have better cases in most shells. The cantrip keeps it from being a pure liability, and in dedicated spellslinger or spell-count decks it earns its slot by contributing to storm count or prowess triggers. Outside Commander, constructed formats have access to far more efficient interaction, so Brush Off sees essentially no competitive play in Legacy, Modern, or Pioneer despite being legal in all of them. Standard is the only context where a cantripping bounce at three mana could plausibly make a limited sideboard, and even there it's a stretch.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.18 bulk tier

At $0.18, Brush Off is deep bulk — buy it without thinking if the deck wants it. Price stability is a non-issue; bulk commons like this don't move.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.