So my buddy has a prime speaker vannifar deck that just goes off really quickly. Anyone know of any counters or ways to shut down her ability or stop stuff from coming in... I'm trying to add answers into an Urza deck to stop him so any blue or artifacts that I can use to shut him down or counter would be appreciated.
Damping Matrix just straight up shuts down vanifar, but it'll also shut down everything else, including your own stuff. Deadlock trap is more targeted, but unless you run more energy creation, it'll only do it twice. edifice of authority takes a bit of time to build up, but can keep the lock up after that. Phyrexian revoker can be sued to shut down the prime speaker as well, but is fairly vulnerable to removal as it's a creature. Pithing needle Shuts the prime speeker down as well.
Disallow and stifle counter the ability. Since the sacrifice is part of the cost, that means your opponent is still down a critter.
Disallow and stifle counter the ability. Since the sacrifice is part of the cost, that means your opponent is still down a critter.
Any tricky commander removal, like imprisoned in the moon will also do the job.
You can also bump up your bounce spells and just keep her off the board, that usually lets you set up long enough to keep her in check
Mindlock orb if you get desperate, deck folds if it cant search effectively
Basically you want to be turning off her ability, keeping her out of play, or turning off etbs. Ive also seen it scoop to theft frequently.
(Might hose Urza's Temporal Aperture ability though?)
Arena of the Ancients could answer Vannifar in a fun way