Very nice against blue decks, and even against a deck without any blue spells, Shunt isn't even "strictly" better unless you're playing mono red. So I have no idea why this is rated so much lower.
Posted By:
BrutalJim
(3/13/2010 8:01:18 AM)
I really don't like this card, mainly because I was silly enough to draft it. The only real use I can see for this card is to counter target counterspell. I drafted one in an exceptional W/R deck and that single card caused me to lose the match. The problem with this card in limited is that it seems like it should affect a lot of cards that it does not affect at all. For example, you cannot redirect the target of a kicked Deathforge Shaman, despite the fact that Deathforge Shaman is a spell while it is on the stack and is affecting a single target. The same holds true for any CIPT ability. So when my opponent kicked a Deathforge Shaman and I was excited to ricochet the damage to kill him with his own spell I was denied. Then I proceeded to lose the match because Richochet Trap was a dead card, the only spell it could potentially affect was Slaughter Cry which my opponent had already played.
Posted By:
silentbobus
(3/16/2010 10:26:34 AM)
1 mana counter counterspell? Not a bad sideboard. 3/5
Posted By:
Hibron
(3/26/2010 6:31:28 AM)
I do like that it provides good card advantage, which isn't common in red. You get to make your opponent Terminate his own creature, etc. But it does cost a lot to cast for a response spell, and you can't very well be leaving four mana open every turn waiting for your opponent to do something. As a sideboard against blue, though, it's a no-brainer.
One question: Can you use this on Cruel Ultimatum in a regular two-player game? The card says "target opponent" rather than "target player", so if your opponent casts it, you can't make him target himself instead, right?
Posted By:
achilleselbow
(5/2/2010 8:22:14 PM)
Great protection for red against blue.
Posted By:
Evermint
(8/22/2010 12:17:20 AM)
Thx for teh time warp =)
Posted By:
channelblaze
(9/5/2010 9:45:06 PM)
F you, Traumatize.
Posted By:
DacenOctavio
(12/22/2010 9:57:52 PM)
My first thought was that I wish they'd just reprint Red Elemental Blast or Pyroblast.
However, this has the ability to counter or redirect a lot of other things. Basically, this is a red Deflection with the added benefit of only costing R if the opponent cast a blue spell.
Text could almost read: R - Counter target Counter, but it does a lot more than that.
Too bad so many spells like Jace's Ingenuity, Foresee, and Preordain are caster only rather than target player. Would love to catch a Blue Sun's Zenith with this but definitely limited in Standar.
Not sure about Cruel Ultimatum since from your perspective the caster is a target opponent. I think it could work.
Posted By:
Nighthawk42
(2/17/2011 9:49:04 PM)
Couldn't you just make the Cancel target itself?
@ugotpauld: Not big on reading errata, huh? At least they answered my original question, even though I can't see why not. I don't like it because it can only negate control magics, not outright steal them.
Posted By:
blindthrall
(5/22/2011 5:21:29 AM)
@blindthrall
yeah, just after i made the comment i read the errata, for some reason i didn't change what i put, untill now.
seems quite a nice card, don't see why it doesn't see much play.
probably because reverberate does the same but for less, most of the time.
Posted By:
ugotpauld
(6/5/2011 5:38:58 AM)