Counter!

[Taysby]

Counter! 60 cards, 0 sideboard 2 {Cavern of Souls} 4 {Tropical Island} 3 {Alchemist's Refuge} 3 {Maze of Ith} 4 {Misty Rainforest} 5 {Island} 21 lands 4 {Ertai, Wizard Adept} 4 {Lullmage Mentor} 8 creatures 1 {Mana Leak} 4 {Flusterstorm} 4 {Force of Will} 4 {Isochron Scepter} 1 {Mox Sapphire} 1 {Ancestral Recall} 4 {Spell Pierce} 1 {Treasure Cruise} 4 {Mana Drain} 1 {Sol Ring} 4 {Counterspell} 1 {Mana Vault} 1 {Black Lotus} 31 other spells Sideboard Notes: Attempt number 2. Counters until lullmage tokens can swing for lethal

[abstractApathist]

I would drop your slow counters (all your creatures, {dissolve}, and {cryptic command}) for better ones (like {force of will} and {daze}) and an actual wincon (like {kuldotha forgenaster} or a merfolk beatdown).

[abstractApathist]

When this was in vintage, 3/4 mana counters were definitely not cutting it by any means, and hoping to last that long with 1-1 counters wasn't happening. In casual, this may be fine.

[Mattao19]

You better hope that you play first how do you stop a T1 {Griselbrand} or {Emrakul the Aeons Torn} (obviously you counter but they also play counters) so what you {Foil} their {Show and Tell} then they FoW your foil so then you either {Foil} again (by then you discard 4 cards PLUS 2 foils and you have a 1 card hand lets hope it's a land or something of use ...)

Tbh there's a reason why FoW is expensive and Foil is dirt cheap ...

[Mattao19]

Foil is an island AND another card ...

[Mattao19]

You better hope that you play first how do you stop a T1 {Griselbrand} or {Emrakul the Aeons Torn} (obviously you counter but they also play counters) so what you {Foil} their {Show and Tell} then they FoW your foil so then you either {Foil} again (by then you discard 4 cards PLUS 2 foils and you have a 1 card hand lets hope it's a land or something of use ...)

Tbh there's a reason why FoW is expensive and Foil is dirt cheap ...

Umm.  You did your math wrong.  Discard an island for foil, repeat is only 4 total.  Not 6...  Fow is the same thing.  Force of will, plus a blue card and a life, rinse repeat is 4 cards and 2 life.

Fow has to eat a counter because lands are colorless.  In most decks, that's a better thing, but in this deck I need every single one of my counters

And what you said was a god hand, which I wouldn't be too concerned about.
The have {black lotus} their bomb of choice, {show and tell}, {force of will} and a blue card to exile, and of all things they went first.

I'm just saying that is what you can expect in vintage

[Mattao19]

Lol no worries you tried!! Lol if it was just discard an island card ... Wow! Imagine lol!!

[Progenitasm]

{guile} could be fun ^^

[Mattao19]

{Time Walk} and maybe {Temporal Mastery} with your {Brainstorms}

[Mattao19]

Well you run {Brainstorm} but just a thought that I had

[Sparkle Ninja]

Why does this deck exist?

[Sparkle Ninja]

Everything. Make a new deck

[Mattao19]

I counter that statement.
What should I cut?

Considering counter spells are NOT a win condition I'd say trash it and start over

[Mattao19]

I flood the field with merfolk and swarm them, or just attack with one of my dudes if I still have a counter in hand.

lol ok cool what format just casual?

[Sparkle Ninja]

So you're telling me you lose if you lose that Merfolk dude...