Urza's Rebuff
Instant
Choose one —
• Counter target spell.
• Tap up to two target creatures.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The Brothers' War
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #8864
Urza's Rebuff counters a spell and taps a creature — two effects for two mana, as long as you control an artifact. In Hylda of the Icy Crown decks, that tap trigger is a free token or +1/+1 counter on top of the counterspell, making this one of the most efficient interaction pieces the archetype can run.
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Hylda of the Icy Crown
Hylda of the Icy Crown turns every tap effect into a payoff, so Urza's Rebuff isn't just a counterspell — it's a counterspell that also draws a card, creates a 4/4, or buffs your team depending on which mode you choose.
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, Urza's Rebuff earns its slot almost exclusively in artifact-heavy or tap-matters builds — outside of those, Counterspell and Arcane Denial are strictly better for the same or lower cost. In Pauper, the format's density of artifacts makes the condition easy to meet, but the counterspell pool is deep enough that this rarely cracks the top tier. Legacy, Modern, and Vintage all have faster, unconditional answers that outclass it; the conditional body tap doesn't compensate for the loss of reliability in those formats. Urza's Rebuff is a Commander card first, and even there it wants a specific home.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Urza's Rebuff is deep bulk — pick it up in any common box without thinking twice. Demand is narrow enough that the price is unlikely to move unless a new artifact-tap commander drives a sudden spike in Hylda-style builds.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.