When- not if- but WHEN I get my slithery fingers on a blingin' Cancel, I shall think of you DP.
Posted By:
mflanaga
(10/1/2012 9:30:48 AM)
At least Izzet gets the charm...
Posted By:
C1455
(10/11/2012 1:01:11 PM)
I was kind of excited/relieved when Cancel wasn't reprinted in 2013. I should have known better.
Posted By:
Salient
(10/21/2012 11:22:07 PM)
I wouldn't mind nearly as much if this were 
, but even then the only benefit it would have over Counterspell is that it would be just a bit more splashable. As it is Dissipate is miles better than this. 1.5/5
Posted By:
Continue
(11/2/2012 7:26:26 AM)
Nice try, Wizards,
but putting awesome art on this POS doesn't make it any better than it was before.
Congratulations on your turd-polishing prowess!
I also really hoped we were past this card, development-wise,
but I see Countermagic really will be in the ditch for the next couple of years, at least.
Oh well- time to break out those Supreme Verdicts and Detention Spheres,
and pray that the Dimir, Simic, and Orzhov come in with some good control reinforcements...
Posted By:
drpvfx
(9/26/2012 5:58:40 PM)
We complain because we're spoiled, but the fact remains that counterspells are still overpowered even at 3-mana. A single card that can destroy, well, anything at all, is much more powerful than a Murder, which can only target creatures--and yet they have the same mana cost. Blue mages have been coddled and spoiled and it is time that WotC abandoned counterspells and went in new directions with the color.
Posted By:
Eternal_Blue
(9/26/2012 12:11:11 PM)
Dear Wizards:
Please don't ever reprint counterspell or lightning bolt the world is a better place without them, as they dumb down the game and make deck brewing a lot less fun. But reprint manaleak, that one is a balanced counterspell.
Posted By:
Sironos
(10/20/2012 2:26:13 PM)
I KNOW everyone complains about Cancel, but truthfully, this is a bomb in Limited Azorius.
Yesterday, I went 3/0 going Azorius, because every other time, I've went Rakdos, Golgari, or Selesnya, and have done poorly (2/1 at best). Every time I've lost, it's because Azorius screwed me over with Dramatic Rescue, Hussar Patrol, Lyev Skyknight, Voidwielder, or Isperia's Skywatch. Have you ever seen a 12/11 Lotleth Troll coming in for the kill, only to be bounced and then you lose 5 turns later? I have.
I drafted 4 Cancels, and every time there was even something remotely dangerous getting played, I'd counter it. I'd usually have 2 counter-spells in my opening hand as it was. Syncopating for just 
still counters the spell, as long as they don't have mana left.
So, in the future, when there's a strong countering force, I'm going to go... (see all)
Posted By:
Ferlord
(1/5/2013 8:57:47 AM)
STOP. REPRINTING. CANCEL. FFS. I've been making this same post since Shards. Wizards of the Coast never seems to notice.
Posted By:
bowlofgumbo
(1/29/2013 8:21:24 PM)
This is a tremendous counter spell. Pros like me have been cancelling spells for years now.
Posted By:
Lotsofpoopy
(9/26/2012 2:15:52 AM)