that card is banned in Legacy anyway, so not worth shelling out the 10's of $ to acquire one, except maybe to boo your opponents in casual play.
Now of course, I give it 5/5 for the usefulness and effect!
Posted By:
bagilis
(9/10/2010 4:59:52 AM)
The "drawback" was the mana burn potential, which never happened anyway and now doesn't matter at all. Still, an interesting idea for a card, despite its stupid power level. I wonder what casting cost would be fair for this ability? Maybe a Spellblast effect where you pay X for the cost of the countered spell, but get X back the next turn? Or a fixed cost of 5 mana or so? Hmmm...
Posted By:
Radagast
(11/3/2011 1:16:09 PM)
i think this is better than force of will... though its a tight contest... if i played this and suffered a bit of mana burn, im not too bothered... im more happy that i drained my opponents entire mana pool, meaning theres little he/she can do for the rest of his turn and mine...
though force of will is pretty epic, being able to counter say a first turn black lotus or something as good as a first drop...
Posted By:
spoonish
(5/10/2009 9:27:19 AM)
Obviously, this card was broken, even before the M10 rule changes. I think the best bet for a reprint of a similar card would be to make it cost 1UU. In addition, the text could be changed so that you took 2 points of damage for every unspent mana at the end of your first main phase.
Posted By:
silentbobus
(6/16/2009 12:47:26 PM)
@silentbobus: This card got a remake, yet with twice the converted mana cost and unreliable mana gain it's not that playable, though.
As mentioned before, with removal of mana burn this card is now even better as it already used to be.
Because of cards like this i don't really get why Wizards decided to remove that game element. Sure, new players didn't get in contact with it too often and might get someday surprised when facing it, but is that a reason to remove it?
Posted By:
Mode
(8/12/2009 8:05:20 PM)
Whoever runs three cards into UU open deserves to lose. Then 2nd most powerful counterspell behind Force of Will imho, but it should never see the light of day again nonetheless
Posted By:
nikelrah
(8/4/2009 7:48:39 AM)
A uncommon are you kidding me.
Posted By:
Ace8792
(8/7/2010 7:06:34 PM)
Although the threat of mana burn means this isn't quite strictly better than Counterspell, it's generally better enough - and there are enough ways to abuse the free mana - that it might as well be. Second only to Force of Will as the best countermagic ever printed, and even then it's a close run thing.
Posted By:
stygimoloch
(3/23/2009 3:34:46 PM)
I can't believe that out of 26 votes someone voted it below 5/5 O.o
Another thing i can't believe either is that this is uncommon ! >.< INSANE.. Should've been mythic rare, even though this term didn't exist at the printing date
Posted By:
Jenss
(8/14/2009 8:45:21 AM)
Since the rules changes, this guy has taken counterspell's seat on the throne...
Posted By:
Sholux
(7/21/2009 5:23:14 AM)