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Mar 12, 2013 -- 3:03AM, Dr_Demento wrote:

Huh, these are built to be incredibly broken, I am pleasently surprised.

Aether Deconstruction is hardcountery enough that it deserves to have a mana cost of , and even then it is right on the power borderline. It scares me, but Counterspell can't break constructed, just make it really annoying at worst, so I would give this card a shot. What bother me is that it has a strong possiblilty of being used to counter your own spells for mana acceleration (This is possible because of alternate costs, like countering Gush or maybe a Blazing Shoal cast using Progenitus ). So you should probably change it to "Counter target spell you don't control".

Spellchaser is just weird. I don't know what to think about it at all.

Blazing Shoal's converted mana cost is , as X is always counted as 0, regardless of how much mana has been put into the spell. The reason I costed it at was that it provides the opponent with mana to cast another spell, and the ability to mana fix themselves. Admittedly, it has been a while since I played type 1 (which should give you an idea how long it's been) so this card might be broken in the current environment. Guess it could be costed to though since Wizard's seems not to like splashable counters any more. Moving it to though I think would kill the card, making it playable only as a combo piece or as a later pick in limited.

Spellchaser is just weird. I don't know what to think about it at all.

Spellchaser is a bit like Second Guess , unless they cast a creature spell as their first spell or if you're using Second Guess on your own turn to counter their counterspell that targets your first spell. On the other hand, this one has no problem countering the third, fourth etc. spell of the turn.

Spellchaser was just meant to be a slightly off colour counter with a weird condition on it as a penalty for being off colour but costed at cmc.

Spellchaser has a pretty huge upside in that you can respond with a cantrip to counter their spell.

This and spot removal like path and swords was what I had in mind.


Now then, what about this one?

Violent Rebuttal -
Instant
Counter target non-creature spell. If the spell was an instant or a sorcery, you may pay 1 life to deal 2 damage to that spell's controller.

Typical of a goblin mage, Klink took the phrase 'use your head' a little too literally.

Or this one?

Switching Stones -
Instant
Refraction - Blue (This card counts as a blue card at all times)
As an additional cost to play this spell, sacrifice a land.
Counter target spell. If that spell was a non-creature spell, that spell's controller may play a copy of that spell or deal 5 damage to you. If the spell was a creature spell, that spell's controller puts into play a token that is a copy of the countered creature spell.

When the land gets fickle, nothing is stable.