This ain't bad, especially if you're really pushing tempo. Not being able to hit 4-cmc spells is a huge bummer though, especially if you play a lot of planeswalkers. Complicate is a lot more versatile, since it Mana Leaks anything, can cycle late game, and the cycle + Force Spike can be a huge blowout on curve.
Yea the counter half is just fine and as a standalone can't hold up to pretty much every other counterspell in most cubes, but it draws you a Welkin Tern. Not to mention the flexibility of being able to just be a UU Welkin Tern if you are the aggressor and need to keep the pressure one.
And hey, it can't counter all that many planeswalkers, but you know what's good against walkers? Fliers!
Love it. I was looking for just one more good counterspell in my mostly peasant cube, and this suffices. It looks like I'll probably add a few adventure cards.
This cards is versatile and fair. It's not super synergistic, but that's alright. I'm happy to cube with this.
This doesn't interest me much. I would like either the spell side or the creature side to be remotely worthwhile on their own (or the sum of both to be close to cubeworthy when added together), and both of these look pretty bad. Unless I was heavily invested in a blue devotion package I don't think this would make too many final 40s for me. I think people underestimate how good blue's cube cards are. This is a fine card, but what blue cubeworthy cards is this going to actually displace? I have about 20 blue cards currently on the outside looking in that appear much better than this card.
Ehhh, the counter half is expensive and misses most of the spells you really want to hit, and the creature side needed to be a 2/2 for this to be remotely cubable IMO.
Inefficient counter + color intensive two drop = cube gold. This card seems low key great.
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And hey, it can't counter all that many planeswalkers, but you know what's good against walkers? Fliers!
Dig the art.
Definitely wouldn't play a 2U counter target spell 3 or les CMC - Draw a card.
The sprite is a bit worse than drawing card..
So the added flexibility of playing it for it's UU mode INSTEAD of using the adventure mode has to be important to the cards value.
In my cube, heavy blue decks are on average too controlling or rampy to want this card I think..
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This cards is versatile and fair. It's not super synergistic, but that's alright. I'm happy to cube with this.
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