Skip to content
Moxonomy

Hexing Squelcher

Creature — Goblin Sorcerer1 generic manaRed mana

Anti-counter tech has usually lived in red and green, from Vexing Shusher's goblin body to lands like Boseiju that bend the rules for a single spell. What sets this build apart is that it does the work board-wide rather than one card at a time. The uncounterable clause protects itself first, then extends to every spell you control, so a deck that fears the stack can flatten that whole axis of interaction with a single two-drop. The second half is the more interesting piece of engineering: it does not just resist countermagic, it taxes creature removal too. Ward on itself, ward granted to the rest of your team, and the tax is paid in life rather than mana, which means it bites regardless of what colors the opponent is holding up. That combination reframes what a small red creature can be: not a beatdown threat but a keystone that hardens an entire board against the two most common forms of disruption. The 2/2 body is almost incidental to the job; the value is in what it turns off. It is a hoser dressed as a lord, protecting the spells that resolve it and the creatures that follow, blanking the stack while wrapping the battlefield in a two-life toll.

Hexing Squelcher (ecl)
ECL · #145rare
Pricing
Normal: $20.09
Foil: $22.08
Oracle Text

Rules text

This spell can't be countered. Ward—Pay 2 life. Spells you control can't be countered. Other creatures you control have "Ward—Pay 2 life."
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
Legal
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
N/A
Brawl
Legal
Historic
Legal
Alchemy
Legal
Timeless
Legal
Standard Brawl
Legal
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
N/A
Pauper Commander
N/A
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
Legal
Penny Dreadful
N/A
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
Legal
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
Legal
Printings elsewhere

Other printings

1 set
Quick navigation
move selectesc close