Because her work doesnt invoke anything on that list, shes avoided a lot of C&Ds over the years, although they do come up from time to time
Decklist: Extended Combo from Pro Tour New Orleans 2003 Illusions of Grandeur | Illustration by Quinton Hoover For a little Magic history, lets look at an Extended combo deck from Kai Budde during Pro Tour New Orleans 2003: Instants (22) Accumulated Knowledge x4 Brainstorm x2 Capsize Counterspell x4 Fire / Ice x3 Force of Will x4 Impulse Intuition x3 Sorceries (8) Donate x4 Merchant Scroll x4 Enchantments (4) Artifacts (4) Lands (22) Island x14 Shivan Reef x4 Volcanic Island x4 Sideboard (15) Hibernation Hydroblast x2 Morphling x3 Pyroblast x4 Pyroclasm x3 Stroke of Genius x2 This Extended Combo deck used Illusions of Grandeur and Donate to hand your cumulative upkeep enchantment off to your opponent
#3: Mana Drain Price: $40.77 A strong contender for the best counterspell in all of Magic, Mana Drain is an auto-include in most blue decks that can afford it
With her unique gift of vision, Inga charts safe routes for Esika's chariot through the Cosmos, bringing the god wherever she's needed most
Even if they can pay for one copy, this piles on so many more that something is bound to fizzle
Restricting enemy dual lands just meant it was harder to play enemy colors and that it limited what players were able to play
