Today's common removal deal in Blue bundles together a Flusterstorm impression with a Sensory Deprivation that can eventually make something go away for a while.
I don't think it's a flutterstorm. It's much better since you don't need to rely on storm count and the tax is higher. Flutterstorm against a typical spells is useless, this can be maindeck in control.
Edit: but given we now have counterspell, I doubt it.
Lose Focus is a very good variation of Mana Leak because it is much more effective in the late game.
The biggest problem is the competition with Counterspell.
I love this counterspell from an edh standpoint. One of my favorites in years.
Relatively cheap to cast, even when you have to dump mana into it
Great as a gotcha counterspell
Useable early, and late game
Can trigger magecraft a ton
Can clear a clogged stack
Unconditional in what it can counter
the real upside for Lose Focus is that it can actually counter multiple spells.
yeah, it's a super corner case but for 4 mana, for example, you can counter 3 copies of a Storm Spell or counter some spell and it's copy made by something else... anything goes.
I doubt this is seeing play in constructed, but the upside is there.
Today's common removal deal in Blue bundles together a Flusterstorm impression with a Sensory Deprivation that can eventually make something go away for a while.
Source: @MagicEsports
Edit: but given we now have counterspell, I doubt it.
and thats simply counterspell is coming in to the format.
The biggest problem is the competition with Counterspell.
Relatively cheap to cast, even when you have to dump mana into it
Great as a gotcha counterspell
Useable early, and late game
Can trigger magecraft a ton
Can clear a clogged stack
Unconditional in what it can counter
Sign me up
yeah, it's a super corner case but for 4 mana, for example, you can counter 3 copies of a Storm Spell or counter some spell and it's copy made by something else... anything goes.
I doubt this is seeing play in constructed, but the upside is there.
But thats about it.
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