Reasonable Doubt
Instant
Counter target spell unless its controller pays 
.
Suspect up to one target creature. (A suspected creature has menace and can't block.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Murders at Karlov Manor
- Price
- $0.21
- EDHREC rank
- #15797
Reasonable Doubt bounces a creature and draws you a card — all on one instant for three mana. It replaces itself while buying a turn, which is a real rate, though it loses ground to counterspells that stop the threat before it ever enters.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Reasonable Doubt earns its slot in tempo and control builds that want interactive cantrips — resetting a voltron threat or clearing a blocker while staying card-neutral is genuinely useful at a 100-card table. In pauper, the commons card pool is competitive enough that a three-mana bounce-plus-draw sits at the fringe of playability, mostly edged out by cheaper options. In constructed formats like Modern and Pioneer, Reasonable Doubt is too slow — three mana for a non-permanent bounce is well below the efficiency bar those formats demand. Legacy and Vintage set that bar even higher, so it doesn't factor there either.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.21 bulk tier
At $0.21, Reasonable Doubt is firmly bulk — you're buying it for the effect, not holding it for any financial reason. Cantripping bounce spells at common rarely spike, so expect this price to stay flat.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.