Harsh Judgment
Enchantment
As this enchantment enters, choose a color.
If an instant or sorcery spell of the chosen color would deal damage to you, it deals that damage to its controller instead.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Invasion
- Price
- $0.41
- EDHREC rank
- #28666
Harsh Judgment redirects any spell that targets you back at the caster and draws you a card — a blowout on the stack that costs three mana. It's a niche counterspell that only matters when you're the target, but when it lands, it punishes the caster twice.
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 |
Harsh Judgment is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, and sees essentially no play in any of them. In Commander, the effect is too narrow — it only triggers on spells that target you specifically, which means board wipes, creature removal hitting your opponents, and non-targeted theft all slip through. Legacy and Vintage have access to far more efficient and reliable countermagic, so Harsh Judgment doesn't compete. It's a card that sounds punishing in theory but asks you to leave up three white mana for a situational answer.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.41 bulk tier
At $0.41, Harsh Judgment is deep bulk — demand is low and supply is high, and nothing about the card's narrow application is likely to change that. Pick it up for casual brews if the effect appeals, but don't expect the price to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.