Here are the best choices for an MTG red counterspell : Red Elemental Blast/Pyroblast Red Elemental Blast might be the best red counterspell ever printed, and it can comfortably compete with some more traditional blue counterspells under the right circumstances
Withering Torment fills in this sorely needed gap with a three-mana instant spell that destroys either a creature or an enchantment
For example, Emet-Selch can transform into the fearsome Hades, and Sephiroth into Safer Sephiroth
What Is Black Good at in MTG
Led by Admiral Brass and Don Andres, this 100-card precon deck lets you command swashbuckling strategies, graveyard recursion, and bold pirate synergy
Sure you can stay alive long enough to play your threats and that's legit, but he just doesn't make it into that bomb/must be answered commander tier with some other like Rafiq and Derevi