Cancel is underrated. sure, it isn't a Mana leak, Nor a Counterspell, but it gets the job done.
PLUS, as ZephyrBlayze said, the Goblin Electromancer cuts this down to a Counterspell cost. So if you run an Izzet/Azorious deck, you can at least have sudo Counterspells in your deck.
TL;DR: Stop complaning.
Posted By:
Pigfish99
(4/13/2013 3:47:13 PM)
Why bother when Dissipate is around?
Posted By:
Lifegainwithbite
(5/11/2013 7:56:39 AM)
Strictly better than doom blade
Posted By:
damnearkilliner
(6/20/2013 12:43:40 PM)
Run 4 Cancels, 4 Counterspells, 4 Dissipates, 4 Rewinds, and make the rest things that bounce the creatures/permanents back. LET THEM PLAY NOTHING.
...I can dream of a deck as silly as that can't I?
Posted By:
DM3921
(6/21/2013 1:08:31 AM)
Definitely my favorite Cancel art. Looks great in foil.
Posted By:
DritzD27
(7/26/2013 12:01:13 AM)
The design team started saying loooooong ago what direction the game was heading in. We just didn't listen. Watch for the phrases "they just weren't fun' 'it slows the game down' 'unfun'. Decently costed land destruction, and decent hard counters were the first things to go. They want every one playing the exact same creature and tech based decks. One of the old school toruney scene guys turned R&D guy said something to the effect of " I think reanimators are cool, but they'd have to be ballanced" (read as: over priced).... Just do what I do. Give up playing Standard legal. I keep all the old stuff I love, and cannibalize the new sets for stuff that improves what i already use (gravecrawlers in hatred black?)
anywaaaays... that my 2 cents.
Posted By:
nunyaJs
(12/9/2013 12:02:56 AM)
@DM3921: I've built that deck. It's called Dick Move. There needs to be ways to mess with their mana base like Psychic Venom, Mana Short, and Winter Orbs. I found that Tangle Wire and Stasis didn't quite work. It's win-con is Azorius Elocutors. but just today I took out the last Cancel in favor of Rewind. Make of that what you will.
Posted By:
blindthrall
(3/9/2014 1:44:07 PM)
Dissolve Is strictly better. This card shouldn't be used unless you really want to run 8 3CMC counterspells. Otherwise I would recommend Syncopates, Essence Scatters, Negates.
Posted By:
SalaHyena
(4/4/2014 3:38:04 AM)