Fear the two untapped islands!
The art does not depict a counterspell though, more like an aura like Searing Meditation.
But more modern frame counterspells are a fine reprint.
Been a while since I've seen a 3-word card sans any flavor text. I suppose Counterspell kind of speaks for itself.
...this inclusion would've been a lot more exciting for me if there hadn't been like ten of the things in the Big Box O' Cards I got from my cousin last month, but it's still a damn solid common.
Should have had the flavor text, "NO!" I think it is a good reprint. Hopefully I can pull a foil.
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RIP Batman guy. I hope somebody picks up the slack now that you are gone. Sick children need their Batman.
Not upped to rare? Cmon wizards if you're gonna up fow to mythic surely counterspell is at least rare worthy.
This makes no sense. Force of Will is no-mana hard counter. That's an effect that gets put at rare, and its price tag is bumping it up to mythic. Counterspell is a Cancel++, which varies on common vs uncommon, but I guess the high power level of the set makes it OK at common.
Honestly there seem to be a lot of people in these topics who don't understand how rarity is chosen. It's about effect on limited and, for reprint sets, secondary market value.
(It's also sometimes about numbers. Since the number of commons, uncommons, and rares is fixed, sometimes there's an odd one out that ends up at an unusual rarity.)
The art does not depict a counterspell though, more like an aura like Searing Meditation.
But more modern frame counterspells are a fine reprint.
'Cause, baby, you're a firework
Come on, show 'em what you're worth
Make 'em go, "Aah, aah, aah"
As you shoot across the sky-y-y
Should have had the flavor text, "NO!" I think it is a good reprint. Hopefully I can pull a foil.
RIP Batman guy. I hope somebody picks up the slack now that you are gone. Sick children need their Batman.
I wonder what the foils will go for? This and Daze will finally be getting foiled for my cube hopefully
Probably save Counterbalance for a Modern Masters set. I believe top is banned but Counterbalance is not.
That exists: The Xth edition foil rares are available without reminder text.
Not likely, since the original ABUR printing was at Uncommon. It didn't become Common until Ice Age.
Ah, thank you. I thought it was one of those weird U1 things so that
it was more common then some commons or however that worked!
Good reminder.
This makes no sense. Force of Will is no-mana hard counter. That's an effect that gets put at rare, and its price tag is bumping it up to mythic. Counterspell is a Cancel++, which varies on common vs uncommon, but I guess the high power level of the set makes it OK at common.
Honestly there seem to be a lot of people in these topics who don't understand how rarity is chosen. It's about effect on limited and, for reprint sets, secondary market value.
(It's also sometimes about numbers. Since the number of commons, uncommons, and rares is fixed, sometimes there's an odd one out that ends up at an unusual rarity.)
These are both pretty bad:
G MGC
WB Teysa Tokens
BR Wortsnort
UG 23.5-No Edric
URG Noncombo Animar
GUB Damia Stax
WBR Alesha Hatebear Recursion
WBR Daddy Tariel
UBR [Je]love-a Your Deck
GWU Almost Critterless Enchantress
WUB Sydri+Artifacts=WUB
WURG Glint-Eye Combo