Imprinting Question

[Sri Krishna]

Is there a way to conter imprinting a spell onto a card? Say if I were to put something like an overrun on a Panoptic Mirror could that be countered or would the mirror have to be destroyed or returned to my hand for me to loos the Overrun?

[The Legends]

Yes. It is possible to counter imprinting a spell onto a card. However, the way in which you do so depends on which card is doing the imprinting.

For a Panoptic Mirror, imprinting is an activated ability because you pay a cost. Therefore, you can use Stifle, Bind or Rust to counter the imprint.

For cards such as Isochron Scepter, imprinting happens as a triggered ability when it comes into play. This you can still counter with Stifle.

Also, you can counter imprinting a card by simply casting Time Stop in response to the imprint, which ends the turn and counters every spell and ability still on the stack when it resolves.

[Sri Krishna]

Thanks I was just wondering if it could be done. Imprinting can be very powerful and annoying.