Douse
Enchantment
: Counter target red spell.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Urza's Saga
- Price
- $0.28
- EDHREC rank
- #19972
Douse is a repeatable soft counter stapled to an enchantment — pay one blue each upkeep to keep it, and you can tap it any time to counter a spell for two mana. The upkeep cost makes it a liability in fast games, but in blue control shells that expect long games, the recursion is real value.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Douse is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, and that's the full list — Modern and below never see it. In Commander it fits narrow blue-heavy control decks that can consistently pay the upkeep and want a counterspell that survives board wipes; the problem is that two-mana counters with no additional upside barely make the cut, and the ongoing tax makes Douse a liability in any game that goes sideways. Legacy and Vintage have no interest — the format's counters are either free or cantrip, and enchantment-based interaction at this cost is simply too slow.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.28 bulk tier
At $0.28, Douse is deep bulk — you're paying for the card, not the card's power. Demand is narrow enough that the price is unlikely to move unless a new Commander printing pushes upkeep-cost synergies into the spotlight.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.