Pact of Negation

MTG singles

Pact of Negation

Instant

Counter target spell.
At the beginning of your next upkeep, pay . If you don't, you lose the game.

  • CommanderLegal
  • StandardNot legal
  • PioneerNot legal
  • ModernLegal
  • LegacyLegal
  • VintageLegal
  • PauperNot legal

#372 on EDHREC's list of the most played Commander cards (as of October 16, 2026).

Selling Pact of Negation?

We pay 50% of a card's market value in cash, or 70% in store credit, for cards worth more than $1. For the cheapest printing of Pact of Negation, that's about $8.18 cash or $11.45 in credit.

How selling to us works

All 8 printings and prices

Set#ReleasedNonfoilFoil
Mystery Booster 2 MB2 169 Aug 2024 $16.36$108.86
Tales of Middle-earth Commander LTC 523 Nov 2023 $83.36$132.66
Time Spiral Remastered TSR 77 Mar 2021 $16.37$46.08
The List PLST A25-68 Sep 2020 $19.29–
Masters 25 A25 68 Mar 2018 $18.11$43.72
Amonkhet Invocations MP2 16 Apr 2017 –$208.38
Modern Masters MMA 56 Jun 2013 $18.84$45.60
Future Sight FUT 42 May 2007 $20.87$183.64

TCGplayer market, near mint, Oct 16, 2026.

Rulings

  • Although originally printed with a characteristic-defining ability that defined its color, this card now has a color indicator. This color indicator can't be affected by text-changing effects (such as the one created by Crystal Spray), although color-changing effects can still overwrite it.

  • If Pact of Negation is countered or otherwise doesn't resolve (perhaps because its target became illegal), the delayed triggered ability that threatens you with a game loss won't trigger at the beginning of your next upkeep.

  • If Pact of Negation resolves with a legal target but fails to counter that spell (most likely because that spell can't be countered), the delayed triggered ability will still trigger at the beginning of your next upkeep and you will have to pay. Or else.

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