Foil
Mana cost {2}{U}{U}.
You may discard an Island card and another card rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Counter target spell.
Foil is a blue card, legal in Premodern, shown in its old-frame Prophecy printing.
Price and printings: Cardmarket (€11.59) · TCGplayer ($12.27) · Scryfall
Tracked daily since 28 July 2026: on Cardmarket between €10.40 and €13.67 in that time.
How often Foil is played
Foil is maindecked in 5 of 131 tournament decks in this archive (4%), averaging 2.0 copies; used by 4 of 33 tracked archetypes.
Counting only the 48 decks that can cast blue cards, 5 of them play it (10%).
See how it compares on the Premodern staples list.
Premodern archetypes that play Foil
- Stiflenought: Counters any spell for the cost of discarding an Island and another card. It is the answer to removal on the turn you deploy Dreadnought.
- Stasis (1x)
- Psychatog: The closest thing to Force of Will in Premodern: it counters any spell for no mana if you discard an Island card and another card from your hand, and Foil and both discarded cards go to your graveyard, where Psychatog can exile them later. It costs you two extra cards, which a deck with Gush and Accumulated Knowledge can afford.
- Gro-a-Tog (2x)
Tournament decks with Foil
- Madness: 1st Place at PMPMPMPM XLI (1× mainboard)
- Nantuko Cultivator: 6th Place at Finland Nationals 2026 (2× mainboard)
- Gro-A-Tog: 1st Place at Eurofest Valencia 2026 (2× mainboard)
- 4c Blessing Control: 5th Place at Midwest Championship Ope (3× mainboard)
- Merfolks: 1st Place at Tribal Wars Premodern Brazil (2× mainboard)
Spicy brews with Foil
- 4c Blessing Control (3×)
- Counter Sliver (2×)
