Mana Drain
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Just Too Good Now! No more mana burn and now you have the possibility of casting a huge creature or killer enchantment on your third turn... Just imagine using this after someone has played 2 dark rituals to get out Phage the Untouchable, you counter, Deep-Sea Kraken. BAM! WIN. Situation highly unlikely but still probable
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Posted By: shadowf0x (7/24/2009 12:50:03 AM)
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An old friend of mine had a playset that I saw once when just starting Magic. Even as a brand new player, I knew exactly what I was looking at. I should've asked to buy them then; I think his older brother owned the cards, and he liked me enough to probably have given me a discount. :( Wishes, wishes....
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Posted By: Lateralis0ne (12/23/2010 4:50:19 PM)
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The second best counterspell ever printed.
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Posted By: True_Smog (11/18/2009 11:02:45 AM)
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Easily the best counterspell ever, followed by #2 Force of Will, #3 Cryptic Command, #4 Forbid and #5 Daze.

Force of Will prevents you from losing (particularly turn 0).
Mana Drain prevents you from losing and wins you the game simultaneously.

My personal opinion is that Drain is better than the entire power 9, and is only behind Contract From Below in terms of raw brokenness.

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Posted By: SlickDragon (1/3/2011 2:59:24 AM)
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it is a pity with the printing of cancel this card became useless stupid power creep.
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Posted By: dragonking987 (3/10/2011 5:31:36 PM)
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I wish this would get a reprint
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Posted By: DijitalDijin (3/18/2009 3:48:34 PM)
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Awesome card and also a great threat in any game. Counter spell and free mana. What more could you ask for?

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Posted By: PaladinOfSunhome (8/28/2009 10:15:06 AM)
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FoW is great because of, and ONLY because of, it's ability to counter without Mana. This gives you a Counter AND Mana. I'd personally split it in a deck:

Two Mana Drain, two FOW.
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Posted By: SlackWareWolf (7/11/2009 12:18:42 AM)
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Reprint This Now!
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Posted By: MasterOfEtherium (6/25/2009 9:21:16 PM)
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You're all going to hate me. I countered this with Spell Pierce to show them I wasn't joking around.
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Posted By: DacenOctavio (9/29/2012 10:37:30 AM)
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