Counter to Expectations

Vintage Counters GWU (Bant) Multiplayer Theme/Gimmick

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Creature (52)

• 1x Bond Beetle
• 2x Cenn's Tactician
• 3x Cloudfin Raptor
• 2x Crowned Ceratok
• 3x Defiant Elf
• 3x Deputy of Acquittals
• 1x Experiment Kraj
• 2x Experiment One
• 3x Fertilid
• 3x Fiend Hunter
• 1x Juniper Order Ranger
• 1x Juniper Order Ranger
• 1x Nephalia Smuggler
• 1x Phantom Centaur
• 1x Phantom Nantuko
• 1x Phantom Nishoba
• 1x Phantom Nomad
• 1x Renegade Krasis
• 2x Sapphire Drake
• 2x Shambleshark
• 2x Shinewend
• 1x Simic Fluxmage
• 1x Simic Initiate
• 1x Spike Feeder
• 2x Spike Soldier
• 3x Unruly Mob
• 1x Vigean Graftmage
• 1x Vigean Hydropon
• 1x Vigor
• 1x Vorel of the Hull Clade
• 1x Walking Archive
• 2x Zameck Guildmage

Land (47)

• 1x Alchemist's Refuge
• 2x Azorius Chancery
• 4x Azorius Guildgate
• 2x Breeding Pool
• 14x Forest
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 6x Island
• 1x Novijen, Heart of Progress
• 7x Plains
• 1x Selesnya Guildgate
• 1x Simic Growth Chamber
• 2x Simic Guildgate
• 2x Simic Guildgate
• 2x Wanderwine Hub

Enchantment (8)

• 3x Bred for the Hunt
• 1x Cathars' Crusade
• 1x Daily Regimen
• 2x Ferocity
• 1x Forced Adaptation

Artifact (1)

• 1x Ring of Kalonia

Instant (26)

• 3x Bioshift
• 4x Cackling Counterpart
• 2x Clockspinning
• 1x Cloudshift
• 1x Curfew
• 3x Harrow
• 2x Hindervines
• 2x Hunger of the Howlpack
• 2x Miraculous Recovery
• 2x Temper
• 1x Test of Faith
• 2x Turn to Mist
• 1x Withdraw

Sorcery (4)

• 2x Blessings of Nature
• 2x Give / Take

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Creature (8)

• 1x Lumberknot
• 1x Phantom Centaur
• 2x Phantom Tiger
• 1x Simic Fluxmage
• 2x Species Gorger
• 1x Spike Feeder

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Bred for the Hunt
• 1x Ferocity
• 1x Ooze Flux

Instant (6)

• 1x Bioshift
• 2x Burst of Strength
• 2x Mutant's Prey
• 1x Withdraw

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I like counters. Who doesn't? And to be clear, I'm talking about counters that go on cards, not 'counterspell' or counter-effects.

This is about the third iteration of this deck- the original was a semi-operational Spike/Spirit countermongering deck. A later version leaned on Power Conduit (which I don't use anymore because Mirrodin imbalance and some people get persnickety if I don't extend that to all cards from the relevant sets) and Giant Fan (which I don't use anymore because it's not that efficient and besides some people don't like seeing Unglued cards in regular play).

No special 'point of the deck' combos in here, though plenty of these cards combine with each other.

This deck is Unsleeved- while I am generally not open to buying individual cards to add to a deck or substitute in for other cards, I do own a very large roster of cards dating back as far as Revised Edition and The Dark. If you can think of something I might have that could go in instead of a card I have listed, by all means recommend it! The worst that will happen is I have to say I haven't got it.

This is one of my newest decks, and as such is in a 'trimming' cycle- that is to say, every time I play it, I'm on the look out for things currently in it that are not useful (or not significantly useful) when they show up so that they can be removed or at least switched out for 'maybe' cards. IT IS NOT GOING TO STAY THIS BIG.

My current budget for cards is precisely nothing, so please be prudent! I can't buy singles (and generally don't anyways), so expensive single-bought rare cards aren't likely to find their way into my decks in any quantity.

Date added	10 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is Vintage legal.
Rarity (main - side)	19 - 0 Rares 39 - 0 Uncommons 53 - 0 Commons
Cards	138
Avg. CMC	2.68
Tokens	Copy Clone