The key is that Simic Charm says "permanents you control gain hexproof until end of turn", but Frontline Medic says "creatures you control are indestructible until end of turn".
It is not better than counterspelling the ritual, they need the mana from ritual to keep casting their other spells. 3 mana is just not a reasonable cost for a counterspell in eternal formats.
I seriously doubt their whole plan hinges upon being able to resolve the first ritual. If it does, they're being incredibly greedy.
3 is a lot, and probably too much for Legacy, but it's plausible for Modern. In any case, it's guaranteed to delay a Storm-type deck by at least one turn, and it's not a dead card in other matchups.
The other options are so much better. You could even just play Silence/Chant and accomplish the exact same thing for 1 mana, countering a ritual with this is a terrible play. (Not that playing Silence as a counter to storm is a good play anyway)
Cheaper counterspells are just better than this one. If you played Counterspell on their ritual it would have the exact same effect.
It's probably not the best play, but it's certainly better than Counterspelling their ritual, and at least the card holds relevance outside of the Storm matchup.
Um, no, counterspells can target uncounterable spells just fine. They won't do anything if it can't be countered, but this certainly will apply its silence effect.
Offering to Asha is not an "excellent blue/white counterspell", and this is not even close to a reprint of Absorb. Not quite sure what you're talking about.
The blurry photo and not keeping it isn't suspicious in of itself, but some of the finer details are hard to prove without a higher quality photo. What's really confusing me now is the apparently mythic rarity.
I disagree about the comparisons to finals. The Pro Tour has a slot set aside by Wizards for this event, so nobody is really missing out due to the special invite.
3 is a lot, and probably too much for Legacy, but it's plausible for Modern. In any case, it's guaranteed to delay a Storm-type deck by at least one turn, and it's not a dead card in other matchups.
It's probably not the best play, but it's certainly better than Counterspelling their ritual, and at least the card holds relevance outside of the Storm matchup.
The blurry photo and not keeping it isn't suspicious in of itself, but some of the finer details are hard to prove without a higher quality photo. What's really confusing me now is the apparently mythic rarity.