10 best counterspells in magic

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Posted on Sept. 22, 2014, 1:16 a.m. by dereviman1190

hey everyone i want to ask everyones opinion about the ten best counterspells in magic heres mine1 Force of Will 2 Foil 3 Mana Drain 4 Pact of Negation 5 Mindbreak Trap 6 Voidslime 7 Counterflux 8 Cryptic Command 9 Last Word 10 Counterspell

miracleHat says... #2

1 Force of Will
2 Mana Drain
3 Daze
4 Counterspell
5 Cryptic Command
6 Mental Misstep
7 Voidslime
8 Pact of Negation
9 Disrupting Shoal
10 Counterflux

Did i miss any?

September 22, 2014 1:19 a.m.

MTG_Player says... #3

hahahaha (foil > mana drain)

1 fow

2 mana drain

3 counterbalance

4 countespell

5 mana leak

6 spell pierce

7 daze

8 cryptic command

9 stifle

10 spell snare

September 22, 2014 1:24 a.m.

miracleHat says... #4

@MTG_Player, is Stifle considered a Counterspell ? I guess that it does say, "counter", but it doesn't counter a Blightsteel Colossus hardcast...

September 22, 2014 1:26 a.m.

miracleHat says... #5

On my list, replace Voidslime with Stifle and Disrupting Shoal with Spell Pierce .

1 Force of Will
2 Mana Drain
3 Daze
4 Counterspell
5 Cryptic Command
6 Mental Misstep
7 Stifle
8 Pact of Negation
9 Disrupting Shoal
10 Spell Pierce

September 22, 2014 1:39 a.m.

smackjack says... #6

Altho, its not really a counterspell, but Remand deserves an honourable mention.

September 22, 2014 7:15 a.m.

shuflw says... #7

1. Force of Will

Mana Drain

Daze

Cryptic Command

Remand

Counterspell

Mana Leak

Venser, Shaper Savant

Mystic Snake

1. Time Stop

September 22, 2014 9:09 a.m.

shuflw says... #8

time stop should be 10, not sure what happened.

September 22, 2014 9:09 a.m.

dereviman1190 says... #9

I think Time Stop is too high in cost to be effectively used in anything but edh but I'm also wondering why people haven't put Mindbreak Trap it is such a good card because it counters things that can't be countered and three spells says it's free

September 22, 2014 11:39 a.m.

sylvannos says... #10

Force of Will is only good because of broken cards in the formats it's legal in. It's actually a really bad card in terms of value. You're two-for-one'ing yourself or paying 5 mana to counter something. Likewise, Daze puts you really far behind if it's needed early on. On turn one, playing Daze is like both players took a mulligan and you're going second.

In other words, neither card is nowhere near as good as Mana Drain , which is just an insane card. I'd rank them more like:

1. Mana Drain
   
2. Force of Will
   
3. Counterspell
   
4. Flusterstorm
   
5. Daze
   
6. Mental Misstep
   
7. Cryptic Command
   
8. Stifle
   
9. Remand
   
10. Pact of Negation
    

Runner ups include Mana Leak , Mystic Snake , Misdirection , Spell Pierce , Spell Snare , Voidslime , Mana Tithe , Cursecatcher , Force Spike , and Spiketail Hatchling .

September 30, 2014 8:23 a.m.

fluffybunnypants says... #11

1. Mana Drain

2. Force of Will

3. Mental Misstep

4. Daze

5. Stifle

6. Flusterstorm

7. Counterspell

8. Spell Snare

9. Cryptic Command

10. Pact of Negation

September 30, 2014 8:39 a.m.

Volsungz says... #12

1. Red Elemental Blast
2. Pyroblast
3. Guttural Response
4. Mages' Contest
5. Burnout
6. Mana Tithe
7. Dash Hopes
8. Lapse of Certainty
9. Rebuff the Wicked
10. Dawn Charm

The best counterspells are counterspells that aren't blue.

October 1, 2014 10:21 a.m.

Joz says... #13

1. FoW
2. Cryptic Command
3. Rewind
4. Mana Drain
5. Mystic Snake
6. Draining Whelk
7. Dismiss
8. Exclude
9. Teferi's Response
10. Vexing Shusher (counters counterspells!)

EDH plyer reporting :D

October 5, 2014 10:35 a.m.