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Counterbore

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Oracle Printed

Card Name:

Counterbore

Mana Cost:

Mana Value:

Types:

Instant

Card Text:

Counter target spell. Search its controller's graveyard, hand, and library for all cards with the same name as that spell and remove them from the game. Then that player shuffles his or her library.

Expansion:

Shadowmoor

Rarity:

Rare

Card Number:

Artist:

Wayne England

Language:

English

Rulings

5/1/2008	Counterbore has no effect on cards on the battlefield that have the same name as the targeted spell.
5/1/2008	The cards you're searching for must be found if they're in the graveyard, because that's a zone everyone can see. Finding those cards in the hand and library is optional, though.
5/1/2008	In most cases, Counterbore will exile the targeted spell. Its first sentence counters the spell, which puts it into its owner's graveyard. Its second sentence then removes it from the graveyard. However, there are some exceptions to this, as listed below.
5/1/2008	If the spell's controller isn't the same as its owner (due to Commandeer, for example), it won't be exiled. The spell is countered and put into its owner's graveyard. Then the spell's controller's graveyard, hand, and library are searched.
5/1/2008	If the targeted spell can't be countered (it's Vexing Shusher, for example), that spell will remain on the stack. Counterbore will continue to resolve. You still get to search for and exile all other cards with that name.