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Instant
Counter target spell. You gain 3 life.
"Your presumption is your downfall."
Details
- Rarity
- Rare
- First printed
- Invasion
- Released
- 2000-10-02
- Artist
- Izzy, Andrew Goldhawk, Randy Gallegos
- Printings
- 8
Prices
- Cheapest legal
- $0.32
- Cheapest foil
- $0.46
TCGplayer market via Scryfall, 2026-10-18; cheapest tournament-legal paper printing.
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Played in tournaments
Share of published Premodern decklists that play Absorb (main or sideboard): 4,173 lists from paper events and MTGO in the last 90 days, through .
- Play rate · 90d
- 1.1%
- −0.6 ppdown 36.0% over vs previous 90 days
- Play rate · 30d
- 0.9%
- −0.6 ppdown 41.6% over vs previous 30 days
- Lists · 90d
- 44
- 96% main deck
- Avg copies (main)
- 1.4
- when main-decked
Monthly play rate (12 × 30 days)
Nov 22, 2025Oct 18, 2026
Months with few lists are noisy; early months have partial paper coverage.
Most often in (90d)
- Landstill14% of lists · 26
- UW Control56% of lists · 14
- Unclassified1% of lists · 4
Often played with
Cards most played alongside Absorb in its top archetypes over the last 90 days: Landstill (14%), UW Control (56%).
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Printings (8)
Every tournament-legal paper printing (no gold-border, World Championship or oversized cards). Hover or tap the thumbnail to preview a printing; tap the set name to see all cards in that set.
| Printing | Set | USD |
|---|---|---|
 Preview Absorb — Invasion #226Invasion | #226 | $4.88 |
 Preview Absorb — Ravnica Allegiance Promos #151pRavnica Allegiance Promos | #151p | $0.66 |
 Preview Absorb — Ravnica Allegiance Promos #151sRavnica Allegiance Promos | #151s | — |
 Preview Absorb — Ravnica Allegiance #151Ravnica Allegiance | #151 | $0.33 |
 Preview Absorb — Starter Commander Decks #216Starter Commander Decks | #216 | $0.32 |
 Preview Absorb — Dominaria Remastered #186Dominaria Remastered | #186 | $0.37 |
 Preview Absorb — Dominaria Remastered #354Dominaria Remastered | #354 | $0.35 |
 Preview Absorb — Dominaria Remastered #443Dominaria Remastered | #443 | $0.41 |
Price trend
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