Just nitpicking but its blue mana not water mana.
Posted By:
energeticpenguin
(4/23/2009 8:37:28 PM)
Counterspell speaks for itself, and it should be reprinted...
Posted By:
True_Smog
(6/19/2009 5:32:08 AM)
It's Counterspell! Does it need an explanation or an introduction!? Everyone has cast this spell. Everyone has had this spell used against them. It's grand! It's exceptional! It's mind-numbingly overpowered!
Posted By:
Treima
(5/8/2009 6:47:14 AM)
@Azazyel: I completely agree with you.
@ScissorsLizard: I don't feel like I'm cheating my opponent out of his Ulamog's Crusher. I destroyed your spell before you could even fully cast it by casting a spell of my own. In essence, I "conjured what I've learned faster than you can conjure up what you have learned." That some hard core magic right there, not fun? huh? Also, I probably would never counter a Ulamog's Crusher because no one plays that card.
Posted By:
opinionfailure
(6/3/2010 10:39:58 PM)
Such a staple, I never build a deck without considering my opponent playing a blue deck with 4 of these.
An easy 5 stars
Posted By:
pixieCrack
(6/7/2010 7:01:24 PM)
Who doesn't want Cancel for Boomerang prices?
As far as the discussion about Blue being nerfed and not being fun for anyone; that's nothing new. Look at the Power Nine! They've been trying to nerf Blue since day one. Is it annoying when your spells keep getting countered? Yes; does WotC know that? Of course they do. Read the flavor text on the card- Jace (Blue's poster boy) is a jerk. Does that mean they should change it? Of course not. That's just what blue does; and if it behaved differently it wouldn't feel like Blue.
Not that all blue can do is counter and strategize. Aggro blue isn't that hard to make with all the Krakens, Leviathans, Elementals, and Seperents lying around.
And in the mean time, play Great Sable Stag, Gainsay, and drop Lavaburst on his Mistfolk for 30 damage.
Posted By:
PhyrexianLobbiest
(6/19/2010 12:30:06 PM)
with all the cards being printed with splitsecond and "this card cannot be countered" I cannot understand why this card is being replaced by cancel. It wasn't overpowered to begin with, but now there is also ways around it. 5/5 for being "the" blue card.
Posted By:
Talaxar
(8/15/2010 5:25:45 PM)
The quintessential card for blue.
Posted By:
Mitch_A
(1/21/2012 10:36:46 PM)
OMG!! IT'S OVERPO--
kidding, kidding...
>x3
But I would LAUGH if someone came up and asked me "What does Counterspell do?" except for those who don't play Magic, of course :)
Posted By:
Jokergius
(8/16/2009 6:52:20 PM)
wow blue players love to complain as said before Jace is the best card in standard and do you think the other colors are getting stronger in every way? Black lost Dark Ritualwhich was as important to it as counterspell was for blue but face it dark ritual is one of the most broken cards ever printed and they stopped reprinting it for a good reason the same goes for Swords to Plowshares it defined white but like counterspell and Dark Ritual it was a little to broken. Do you think white players like watch their Oblivion Rings and Swords to Plowshares replaced by Condemn and Arrest? Every color has suffered some losses as time goes by so for heavons sakes stop acting like wizards is making it unfair for blue. Blue is currently the most common heavily played color in standard and if blue isn't currently good enough for you ... (see all)
Posted By:
dragonking987
(4/7/2011 8:10:07 PM)