Reject
Instant
Counter target creature or planeswalker spell unless its controller pays 
. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Strixhaven: School of Mages
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #17573
Reject counters a spell and replaces itself — two effects for two mana is the baseline every blue counterspell gets measured against. It clears that bar cleanly, which makes it a straightforward include in any blue deck that wants interaction without card disadvantage.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Reject earns its slot by trading one-for-one without costing you a card, which matters in a format where falling behind on resources against three opponents is a death sentence. In Pauper, where the card pool is shallow, Reject competes seriously with the format's best commons and sees real play. Modern and Legacy have stricter competition — Counterspell, Force of Negation, and Archmage's Charm set a high bar — so Reject is a budget role-player at best in those formats. Pioneer sits in between: Reject shows up in sideboards when the metagame demands cheap interaction that doesn't strand you a card down.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Reject is pure bulk — you're picking it up as an afterthought in a trade binder or a $1 common slot. Bulk commons this broadly playable across formats tend to stay flat, so there's no reason to stockpile them, but there's also no reason to hesitate at that price.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.