Vexing Bauble
Artifact
Whenever a player casts a spell, if no mana was spent to cast it, counter that spell.
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Illustrated by Tony Foti · Modern Horizons 3 (MH3)
Legalities
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Legacy
- Banned
- Vintage
- Restricted
- Duel Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
Printings
Rulings
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Players may cast spells that they know Vexing Bauble will counter. Any abilities that trigger when spells are cast will still trigger and resolve if appropriate, and any effects that count how many spells are cast will still count those spells if appropriate.
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If a spell is cast with an alternative cost that includes mana (such as flashback), Vexing Bauble's first ability won't trigger and won't counter that spell. Similarly, if a spell is cast without paying its mana cost, but the player did pay mana for additional costs such as from kicker or from Thorn of Amethyst, Vexing Bauble's first ability won't trigger and won't counter that spell.
Archetypes that play this card
Modern
- Eldrazi 91.1% of lists
- Eldrazi Tron 21.9% of lists
- Devoted Combo 20.6% of lists
Show 2 more Modern archetypes
- Amulet Titan 3.6% of lists
- Other 3.1% of lists
Vintage
- Broadside Bombardiers 100.0% of lists
- Energy 100.0% of lists
- Kozilek's Command 100.0% of lists
Show 13 more Vintage archetypes
- Lurrus 100.0% of lists
- Mole Man, Moloid Master 100.0% of lists
- Raker Shops 100.0% of lists
- Reanimate 100.0% of lists
- Sphere Shops 100.0% of lists
- Wastescape Battlemage 100.0% of lists
- Mono-White Initiative 94.7% of lists
- Oath of Druids 74.2% of lists
- Esper Lurrus Control 73.5% of lists
- Other 41.4% of lists
- Blue Tinker 33.3% of lists
- Stiflenought 33.3% of lists
- Quantum Riddler 20.0% of lists