Woot woot Innistrad reprint!
Guess I'll be dusting off some Mirage cards... never thought that would happen!
Posted By:
Lyoncet
(9/18/2011 9:14:02 PM)
@Beargh, WotC didn't make Cancel because they "wanted to make more 3-costing counterspells", they wanted to set the cost of the standard counterspell at three. This is a better-than-standard counterspell, so it must allways cost more then the standard counterspell. Therefore, it can't be reprinted as long as the standard counterspell costs 3, but making a new version of this with a cost of 4 (or costing 3 but with the colorless part of it's cost replaced by colored mana of a non-blue color) is something they can do, and may do if a future set has a graveyard mechanic like Retrace, Flashback, Dredge, Recover, or Unearth.
Posted By:
A3Kitsune
(2/15/2010 6:24:24 PM)
Strictly better than Cancel.
Posted By:
ClowWizardEriol
(8/24/2009 7:06:06 AM)
Holy SHIT. I just randomed into this. I had no idea the ISD version was a reprint, this thing is amazing! Wow, I totally just assumed it was a new card...
Posted By:
Shadoflaam
(10/30/2011 5:49:22 PM)
@ClowWizardEriol
No, this card is not strictly better than cancel
I really wish people would stop chucking that phrase around. Unless a card is exactly the same with some additional ability that is never a downside, it is not "strictly better".
What happens if you've got a B/U deck that reanimates things from an opponents graveyard? You wouldn't use this, that would be counter-intuitive; you'd use cancels because it makes the spell you countered go where you want it to. The same is true with Hinder. Sure in the situation I described counterspells would be even better, but for arguments sake lets say you can't scrounge up a playset.
Posted By:
Mr.Wimples
(7/3/2011 11:32:59 PM)
Most people dont understand what 'Strictly better' means, so I'm going to elaborate real quick.
Lightning bolt is strictly better than Shock. The reason for this is that short of extremely obscure and esoteric situations, one would almost always prefer to cast the Bolt. The two cards are both red, have equal CMC, and have equal speed. The only difference between the two cards is damage, which Bolt simply does more of. Thus, it's strictly better.
Dissipate however, is not strictly better than Cancel. While the two are comparable, and Dissipate is usually better to prevent your opponent from using Disentomb or something of the sort, that doesn't make it strictly better. That's because there are plenty of reasons to want something in a graveyard as opposed to exiled. For example, if you run Tarmogoyf.
I hope that clears things up. There's a differe... (see all)
Posted By:
BongRipper420
(2/24/2013 4:38:56 PM)
If they wanted to make more 3-costing counterspells, why didn't they re-print this and not cancel?
@A3Kitsune: I play Legacy, so R&D isn't going to change anything by making a three costing counterspell except make it more expensive for me to buy four. I highly doubt WotC thought that counterspell was too overpowered. WotC is just lazy and nerfed counterspell because they wanted to change things up without risking anything.
Posted By:
Beargh
(3/31/2010 11:51:36 PM)
Hey Smelt isnt strictly better then Shatter if your opponent is holding Mental Misstep!!
Just like Dissipate isn't strictly better then Cancel if your holding Rise from the Grave!
With the above logic, nothing would be "strictly better" because of some obscene situation or unique deck plan. What people mean is "mostly better", but who the hell cares?
Posted By:
TheWrathofShane
(9/4/2012 1:40:25 PM)
1 more mana then counterspell to remove it from the game(exile). counterspell was considered powerful so they made cancle. but cancle still does not have the exile ability like dissipate. with soooo many spells in the game that allows a player to re-cast it over and over again like the new Zenith spells in Mirrodin Besieged. this card is bound to go up in popularity and cost $$$.
Posted By:
ImHung310
(1/28/2011 9:36:25 PM)
richard kane ferguson makes me want to play magic
Posted By:
gasimakos1
(5/1/2011 8:17:41 PM)