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Brush Off
Oracle Text
This spell costs {1}{U} less to cast if it targets an instant or sorcery spell.
Counter target spell.
Card Details
Mana CostCharacter Background
Brush Off is a clean, efficient piece of permission that fits best in control or spell-heavy tempo decks, where holding up mana and winning on the stack matters as much as board presence. At full price it is a straightforward four-mana counterspell, but its real strength is the discount: if it targets an instant or sorcery spell, it effectively becomes a much cheaper answer, letting you win counter wars or disrupt an opponent’s key trick without falling behind. In a Strixhaven context, it feels like the sort of sharp academic rebuttal a mage would use to swat aside a rival’s carefully worded incantation. Deckbuilding-wise, pair it with cheap cantrips, burn, protection spells, or a high density of instants and sorceries so you can reliably trigger the reduced cost. It also plays well in combo shells that need to protect a critical spell while leaving enough mana to interact.
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Character Background
Brush Off is a clean, efficient piece of permission that fits best in control or spell-heavy tempo decks, where holding up mana and winning on the stack matters as much as board presence. At full price it is a straightforward four-mana counterspell, but its real strength is the discount: if it targets an instant or sorcery spell, it effectively becomes a much cheaper answer, letting you win counter wars or disrupt an opponent’s key trick without falling behind. In a Strixhaven context, it feels like the sort of sharp academic rebuttal a mage would use to swat aside a rival’s carefully worded incantation. Deckbuilding-wise, pair it with cheap cantrips, burn, protection spells, or a high density of instants and sorceries so you can reliably trigger the reduced cost. It also plays well in combo shells that need to protect a critical spell while leaving enough mana to interact.
Generated using gpt-5.4-mini · Updated at 2026-08-03 19:20:43 UTC