Magic: The Gathering · draft_innovation
Force of Negation
Modern Horizons · #52 · rare · 2019
Instant
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Market reference
$52.57
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Collector number
- 52 / 255
- Release year
- 2019
- Rarity
- rare
- Illustrator
- Paul Scott Canavan
- Colors
- U
- Frame
- 2015
- Border
- black
- Security stamp
- oval
- Finishes
- nonfoil · foil
- Printed
- 2019-06-14
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Counterspell
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Instant
Also does
Strategy & play
How Force of Negation plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Seen in 35% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 2 copies.
Competitive performance
From real Legacy tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 35% of decks
- 2 copies on average · 20 decks
- Match win rate
- 53.2%
- -0.8 pts vs the 53.9% field average
Plays well with
Cards most often run alongside this one in tournament decks over the last 180 days — ranked by how distinctive the pairing is.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Paul Scott Canavan
This card was illustrated by Paul Scott Canavan.
About this card
Mana cost: {1}{U}{U}
Type: Instant
If it's not your turn, you may exile a blue card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Counter target noncreature spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.
""Try, if you must.""
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
Scryfall pricing
| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| USD (non-foil) | $52.57 |
| USD (foil) | $63.87 |
| EUR (non-foil) | €48.51 |
| EUR (foil) | €69.68 |
| MTGO tix | 17.71 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Force of Negation is real?
Force of Negation is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the print quality and cardstock (real cards have a distinctive blue inner core visible from the edge), the rosette pattern on the back, the security stamp on planeswalker / mythic cards from recent sets, and confirm the collector number and set code match the official Scryfall record. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Force of Negation worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Force of Negation is $52.57; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Force of Negation from?
Force of Negation is from the Magic: The Gathering set "Modern Horizons" in the draft_innovation series, released in 2019.
What rarity is Force of Negation?
Force of Negation is a rare card in the Modern Horizons set.
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