flavorText: "Memories can't simply be washed away. The mind must be scrubbed clean."
  —Ambassador Laquatus
name: Syncopate
originalText: Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}. If that spell is countered this way, remove it from the game instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.
printings: DBL, DOM, FIN, GK1, INR, ODY, PLST, RTR, VOW
text: Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.
type: Instant