Circular Logic
Mana cost {2}{U}.
Counter target spell unless its controller pays {1} for each card in your graveyard.
Madness {U} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)
Circular Logic is a blue card, legal in Premodern, shown in its old-frame Torment printing.
Price and printings: Cardmarket (€4.43) · TCGplayer ($3.51) · Scryfall
Tracked daily since 28 July 2026: on Cardmarket between €3.76 and €6.57 in that time.
How often Circular Logic is played
Circular Logic is maindecked in 3 of 131 tournament decks in this archive (2%), averaging 3.3 copies; used by 1 of 33 tracked archetypes.
Counting only the 48 decks that can cast blue cards, 3 of them play it (6%).
See how it compares on the Premodern staples list.
Premodern archetypes that play Circular Logic
- UG Madness: Discarded to Wild Mongrel or Aquamoeba, it costs {U}. It counters a spell unless its controller pays {1} for each card in your graveyard as it resolves, not counting Circular Logic itself. Madness creatures you cast skip the graveyard, so it is weak on turn two and strong once Careful Study, Frantic Search and discarded cards have filled it. Every list without Survival of the Fittest plays it, almost always four; since April only a few Survival lists do.
Tournament decks with Circular Logic
- Madness: 1st Place at PMPMPMPM XLI (2× mainboard)
- UBG Madness: 1st Place at Lega Roma - IV Tappa (4× mainboard)
- Quiet Tribe: 8th Place at Nacional Premodern - Second Chance (4× mainboard)
