Geist Snatch
Instant
Counter target creature spell. Create a 1/1 blue Spirit creature token with flying.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Avacyn Restored
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #23186
Geist Snatch counters a creature spell and puts a 1/1 Spirit token with flying into your hand — two effects for four mana, which is the problem. At four mana in blue, you're competing with Counterspell, Mystic Confluence, and Cryptic Command; Geist Snatch earns its slot only in decks that specifically want the token.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Geist Snatch is a niche role-player: most blue control decks won't pay four mana to counter one spell, but Spirits tribal commanders like Millicent, Restless Revenant or Kykar, Wind's Fury treat the Spirit token as a resource, which shifts the calculus. In Pauper, the common card pool is shallow enough on interactive spells that four-mana counterspells see occasional play, though Geist Snatch still sits behind Exclude and Condescend in most lists. Legacy and Vintage have no interest — the format's countermagic floor is Force of Will and Daze, and Geist Snatch doesn't come close. The card's entire competitive surface is Commander, and even there it's conditional.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Geist Snatch is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not demand. Don't expect price movement; it's a narrow, high-mana-cost counterspell in a game where better options are equally cheap.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.