Broken Ambitions

X generic mana one blue mana Instant

Counter target spell unless its controller pays X generic mana . Clash with an opponent. If you win, that spell's controller mills four cards. (Each clashing player reveals the top card of their library, then puts that card on their choice of the top or bottom. A player wins if their card had a greater mana value.)

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Broken Ambitions rulings

2007-10-01
The opponent you clash with doesn't have to be the controller of the targeted spell.
2007-10-01
The clash (and the result of the clash if you win) happens regardless of whether the targeted spell was countered or was paid.

Broken Ambitions keyword rules

Clash Rule 701.23

To clash, a player reveals the top card of their library. That player may then put that card on the bottom of their library.

“Clash with an opponent” means “Choose an opponent. You and that opponent each clash.”

Each clashing player reveals the top card of their library at the same time. Then those players decide in APNAP order (see rule ) where to put those cards, then those cards move at the same time.

A player wins a clash if that player revealed a card with a higher mana value than all other cards revealed in that clash.

Mill Rule 701.13

For a player to mill a number of cards, that player puts that many cards from the top of their library into their graveyard.

A player can’t mill a number of cards greater than the number of cards in their library. If given the choice to do so, they can’t choose to take that action. If instructed to do so, they mill as many as possible. Similarly, the player can’t pay a cost that includes milling a number of cards greater than the number of cards in their library.

An effect that refers to a milled card can find that card in the zone it moved to from the library, as long as that zone is a public zone.

If an ability checks information about a single milled card but more than one card was milled, that ability refers to each of the milled cards. If that ability asks for any information about the milled card, such as a characteristic or mana value, it gets multiple answers. If these answers are used to determine the value of a variable, the sum of the answers is used. If that ability performs any actions on “the” card, it performs that action on each milled card. If that ability performs any actions on “a” card, the controller of the ability chooses which card is affected.