counterspell mtg cards Magic: The Gathering (069) Lightly Played Counter target spell. Rules Text: Counter, target, spell,

In my preview article when I introduced this card, I talked about how it got created, but I left off an important little factoid

This isnt news to anyone whos been playing Magic a while, and the most powerful Reanimator decks in Constructed have always included incidental discard spells like Unmask to help enable their broken first-turn plays

Its a real YMMV card, and some decks dont have use for a 2/2 and would rather curve out

Prized Amalgam doesnt need us to be Zombies to do its trick

Dark Prophecy is hard to cast, but if youre running Baba Lysaga, Night Witch, dont you want Grim Haruspex

When your commander converts basic game actions into card draw, you have a winner