This works wonders in certain decks. It helps a black discard deck apply the pain by ensuring your opponent has cards in his or her hand. Or, if, you prefer, discourage them with underworld dreams. Also, the draw component is useful as a nice bonus to lorescale coatl.
Posted By:
mythryn
(11/6/2009 11:42:56 PM)
I just realized that Alliances had this at common and Force of Will at uncommon. Holy crap.
Posted By:
ROBRAM89
(1/19/2011 11:57:14 AM)
In case you have a one or zero - drop you could as well say:
2U: Draw three cards
Posted By:
Aun
(5/16/2010 6:07:37 PM)
You can even counter your own spell if you need cards badly.
Posted By:
Dont
(11/14/2009 1:57:37 AM)
Doesn't get as much love as it deserves. It stops any spell for sure, for 2 mana and it doesn't need 2 blue. It's at least as good as Cancel Other than counterspell and memory lapse no other 2CMC spell guarantees that spell is countered. Memory Lapse lets them try again next turn. This doesn't.
Posted By:
markarmor
(7/19/2010 9:29:00 PM)
Great for a psychic possession multiplayer deck. Turns that card advantage around. 4/5
Posted By:
OpenSeasonNoobs
(5/16/2010 7:19:16 AM)
This card is the ultimate counter in milling decks. Most opponents won't refuse a draw or two, even once they know that you plan to mill them to death, so this card basically lets you hard-counter anything (not wussily Remand it), mill your opponent for two, AND draw a card, all for 
. Genius.
Posted By:
ClockworkSwordfish
(2/18/2010 8:03:21 AM)
Pretty good counterspell, definitely better than Remand.
Posted By:
True_Smog
(11/17/2009 11:41:58 AM)
It's a cheap splashable hard counter, not bad despite losing some card advantage.
But there are so many other better counterspells that there really is no reason to put this in your deck.
Posted By:
Technetium
(5/1/2013 9:01:55 AM)
When this first came out, I thought it was awful. It took years of playing Magic before I realized just how good a card it really is. Very good when playing blue in multicolored decks.
Posted By:
Chrome_Coyote
(9/24/2010 1:43:06 PM)