Disrupting Shoal

set	min	mtgo
-	14.94	0.13 tix

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Name	Disrupting Shoal
Type	Instant — arcane
Description	You may exile a blue card with mana value X from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Counter target spell if its mana value is X.
Artist	Scott M. Fischer
Set	Ultimate Masters #51
Wallpaper	download
Image	download

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About Disrupting Shoal

Disrupting Shoal, Instant — arcane, designed by Scott M. Fischer first released in Feb, 2005 in the set Betrayers of Kamigawa and was printed exactly in 2 different ways. It's currently being selled by the minimum price of 14.94.

A deck that focuses on tempo and control strategies, particularly in a blue-heavy deck, would benefit from using Disrupting Shoal. By exiling a blue card with the same mana value as the spell you want to counter, you can effectively counter a spell without spending mana. While there may be other counterspells that offer more versatility or efficiency, Disrupting Shoal can be a powerful tool in the right deck, especially when used strategically to disrupt your opponent's game plan. It could see play in decks that prioritize early game interaction and disruption.

Rules

12/07/18

If a spell has in its mana cost, include the value chosen for that X when determining the converted mana cost of that spell, even if it was cast for an alternative cost and no mana was spent on X.

02/01/05

Disrupting Shoal can target any spell, but does nothing unless that spell’s converted mana cost is X.