This and Ancestral were the original Icons of Blue. You could counter stuff and make anyone draw cards.... Good times. I miss those days when people didn't whine like sissy girls about "broken" cards. Wussies.
Posted By:
SlackWareWolf
(7/14/2009 6:57:41 AM)
Again common ....
Posted By:
Skybreaker
(6/16/2009 5:22:02 PM)
Overpowered in the current metagame anyway
ohh how I remember you so
Posted By:
OutlawD1
(8/30/2009 1:35:19 PM)
In my opinion, there are better cards out now - Remand, for example, requires the same amount of converted mana but requires one water and one colorless mana and allows you to draw a card. The drawback is that the card is returned to the opponent's hand and not the graveyard as it would be in this case. Counterspell is still a useful card for a blue deck and probably embodies the entire spirit of blue in Magic. I still use both this and Remand in my red/blue Niv-Mizzet deck and I've found both to be useful in a pinch.
Posted By:
Harpyja
(2/2/2009 11:56:38 PM)
@Kirbster
Where I understand where you're coming from,
It's nigh impossible to "bring other cards up to blue's level" with this card around.
No matter how powerfully outrageous a spell might be,
Two blue mana just says "Nope, I'm still going to win."
Albeit, I understand every now and again we get lovely things that are uncounterable,
But the majority of that is green.
No, Counterspell getting reprinted is a bad move all around,
Where Lightning Bolt is cheap, cost-effective, and very useful,
This card is just unbearably powerful, and will most likely not see reprint like the Bolt.
However, I am glad Wizards is trying to appeal to both sides, such as Stoic Rebuttal, where sometimes it'll be the OP card blue loves, but also sometimes another Cancel, or Deprive, where losing a land drop does the same thing.
Posted By:
infernox10
(4/19/2011 10:23:58 AM)
Blue and black utterly dominated the game for over ten years. Even after supposed nerfing of blue, decks like Faeries and Dredge dominated the field. The majority of cards that are humongous problems for everyone fall into those colors (Mistbind Clique, Bitterblossom, Cruel Ultimatum, Cryptic Command, et cetera). Stop whining and get creative.
Posted By:
KrosanGardener
(11/9/2009 7:28:18 PM)
should never return! overpowered because 4 in deck means every game your opponent loses his most powerful card! Unlike with most other counters, he cant do anything against it, no additionla pay etc...
Posted By:
MadTheorist
(8/29/2009 12:21:37 AM)
the flavor text is actually refering to prodigal pyromancer, now we know who prodigal pyromancer was talking too in HIS flavor text.
Posted By:
supershawn
(3/6/2011 12:16:50 AM)
Please come back! RG Ramp is destroying standard :(
Posted By:
swords_to_exile
(5/9/2012 9:47:38 PM)
Maybe a petition will make them reprint counterspell... ;)
Posted By:
JackBauer24
(1/21/2011 10:16:33 AM)