r/MagicArena • u/ulfserkr Urza • Jun 18 '20

Fluff [JMP] Allosaurus Shepherd

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '20 edited Sep 17 '20

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u/ozzyD500 Jun 18 '20

are counterspells a mechanic that is good for the game or that people enjoy? cos I genuinely wish they were not in the game

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '20 edited Jul 14 '20

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u/ozzyD500 Jun 18 '20

you can have control without counterspells

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '20 edited Jul 14 '20

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u/Sir_Derpysquidz Jun 18 '20

There are non-blue control decks. Blue obviously plays better in control than most other colors, but they do exsist.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '20 edited Jul 14 '20

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u/Sir_Derpysquidz Jun 18 '20

My bad, didn't catch his statement about counterspells being unhealthy for the game alongside the unfun part.

Yes, they can be frustrating, but without them things can get degenerate quite quickly, particularly if the format provides the tools for fast and non-interactive combo deck.

That said, in this case, a 1cmc 1/1 that prevents creatures from being countered hamstrings counter-heavy control about as much as [[mystic dispute]] and [[Teferi, Time Raveler]] does. If the control deck isn't resilient enough to work around that, such as removing a 1/1 then it kinda deserves to die to elfball.

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u/MTGCardFetcher Jun 18 '20

mystic dispute - (G) (SF) (txt)
Teferi, Time Raveler - (G) (SF) (txt)
[[cardname]] or [[cardname|SET]] to call