To effectively play around this in standard, play your one drops when you have 7 mana, 2CMC cards when you have 8 mana, etc. This will make your opponent's Mindstatic a dead card. That's card advantage.
Posted By:
Purplerooster
(4/24/2013 4:56:47 PM)
Wait, here me out on this:
Mana Leak is good. Two Mana Leaks in one card must be great! Talk about value!
Posted By:
marmaris74
(4/23/2013 7:28:48 PM)
For when finding double blue is hard, like when you are running at least three colors at the prerelease. Fills a need in limited by enabling counterspells in a reasonable way given the format. I don't like this spell, but I respect Wizards for not printing the card I wanted, but the card that was needed.
Posted By:
ChttrBox88
(4/23/2013 5:45:44 PM)
This isn't terrible. It has a niche application in decks running TONS of instant cost reduction as a pretty hard {U} counterspell (Anvil of Bogardan, Cloud Key, Goblin Electromancer, Arcane Melee, etc)
Posted By:
LordRandomness
(4/24/2013 1:21:17 AM)
For those times when you really wanted to play two mana leaks, but didn't have a second one
Posted By:
ThisisSakon
(4/23/2013 2:51:33 PM)
Like anyone would hold back 6 mana.
Posted By:
Jake1991
(4/23/2013 7:24:43 PM)
and still, he was able to pay 6. darn!
Posted By:
chainsmoker
(4/28/2013 3:40:48 AM)
@Lazenca_Seifus
Better than Cancel or Dissipate because it's more sporting, and if there's anything important in Magic, it's being sporting. Give your opponent a fair shot and all that, yes. You can't try to just WIN, that would be uncouth.
Yes, I agree with you, but it should be equal chance for everybody, so after there will be 3{b} - destroy target creature unless opponent will pay 6 mana, you will be right. Until that time, it is just fooling with basic blue characteristic, while giving other colors their own characteristics same or even stronger. Just look how original Terror became Murder, while original Counterspell is becoming this Mindstatic.
Please, measure to all colours same. Not just hose blue, because it can counter. Each color got its characteristic at start. Countering is blue one.
Posted By:
spirit_of_blue
(4/30/2013 4:51:47 AM)
Go, go Goblin Electromancer?
Posted By:
.Blaze.
(4/23/2013 5:17:03 PM)
Better than Cancel or Dissipate because it's more sporting, and if there's anything important in Magic, it's being sporting. Give your opponent a fair shot and all that, yes. You can't try to just WIN, that would be uncouth.
Posted By:
Lazenca_Seifus
(4/23/2013 4:10:06 PM)