Reject Imperfection
Instant
Counter target spell. If that spell's mana value was 3 or less, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Phyrexia: All Will Be One
- Price
- $0.31
- EDHREC rank
- #4530
Reject Imperfection counters a spell and puts a proliferate counter on a permanent — two effects on one card that pull in exactly the same direction in counter-heavy shells. With Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus on board, that proliferate trigger doubles, making this a two-mana spell that meaningfully advances your board while stopping your opponent's.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus
Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus doubles every proliferate trigger, so Reject Imperfection's built-in proliferate becomes two counters spread across your permanents for two mana — the rate is absurd in context. Two-thirds of Tekuthal decks run it, and that number makes sense.
Ezuri, Stalker of Spheres
Ezuri, Stalker of Spheres draws a card whenever a creature you control gets a +1/+1 counter, so the proliferate on Reject Imperfection isn't just board development — it's card draw stapled to a counterspell. The interaction keeps Ezuri's engine running while protecting it.
Jin-Gitaxias
Jin-Gitaxias cares about proliferating oil counters to advance its chapter abilities, and Reject Imperfection slots in as interactive acceleration toward those thresholds. Nearly half of Jin-Gitaxias decks include it because the card does two things the deck already wants on a single mana-efficient body.
Toxrill, the Corrosive
Toxrill, the Corrosive slaps a slime counter on every creature at end of turn, and proliferating those counters out ahead of schedule is exactly how the deck wins faster. Reject Imperfection gives Toxrill decks a way to hold up interaction that doubles as a clock accelerant.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Reject Imperfection actually belongs — proliferate synergies are endemic to the format's long games and powerful enough that a two-mana counterspell with upside clears the bar easily. In competitive non-rotating formats like Legacy and Modern, it doesn't come close to earning a slot; Counterspell, Mana Drain, and Force of Negation set the baseline too high for a conditional effect that requires a counter-based shell to shine. Pioneer has enough proliferate support that niche brews could consider it, but the card sees essentially zero play there in practice. Oathbreaker is the one non-Commander 60-card format where it could legitimately appear, given how much that format resembles Commander's synergy-first dynamics.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.31 bulk tier
At $0.31, Reject Imperfection is bulk — pick it up in any order or trade binder without a second thought. The price reflects its narrow home rather than its power level; in the right deck it outperforms many dollar-range counterspells, but it won't hold value or appreciate.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.