Age old argument, I know. But honestly, I'm trying to get a feel for people's insights into this. I like Syncopate because it allows me to early on prevent silliness like {Vampire Nighthawk}s or {Oblivion Ring}s.
{Syncopate}
{Dissipate}
My bad. Thanks for the card linkage.
Syncopate. You can cast it turn 2 if need be
{Syncopate} isn't good. If you're losing to early {Vampire Nighthawk} then you've gotta adjust something. Great counters are extinct.
Quote from: Dudecore on April 01, 2013, 07:44:40 PM
{Syncopate} isn't good. If you're losing to early {Vampire Nighthawk} then you've gotta adjust something. Great counters are extinct.
And rightfully so, they make mtg less interactive and more about who reserves their spells till they're out of range.
I wish they would reprint {Power Sink}... If they did, I may play blue again...
I personally would choose {Dissipate} over {Syncopate}. Hard counters are better most of the time.
Quote from: rarehuntertay on April 02, 2013, 11:42:12 AM
I wish they would reprint {Power Sink}... If they did, I may play blue again...
{Syncopate} is a functional reprint of {Power Sink} except it exiles the spell.
If they can't pay syncopate they can still do stuff on the turn, not so with power sink
Quote from: Wackaman9001 on April 02, 2013, 12:12:30 PM
If they can't pay syncopate they can still do stuff on the turn, not so with power sink
Ah, I gotcha.
Quote from: loop-s-pool on April 02, 2013, 11:39:01 AM
Quote from: Dudecore on April 01, 2013, 07:44:40 PM
{Syncopate} isn't good. If you're losing to early {Vampire Nighthawk} then you've gotta adjust something. Great counters are extinct.
And rightfully so, they make mtg less interactive and more about who reserves their spells till they're out of range.
I respectfully disagree. Dropping creatures every turn and swinging is not strategy either. A nice balance of each would be nice. Aggro decks have it too easy currently.
I personally love {Syncopate}. I played it in odysee, and I play it now. It goes very good in my bant deck. I'm usually ahead on mana anyways because of {Farseek}. {Dissipate} is good also, but it can be harder to cast {1}{U}{U}, and harder to hide that you actually have a counter in hand. On a side note.....I love, love, LOVE {Dispel}ing eto {Sphinx's Revelation}! :)
So I'm just gonna throw a suggestion, someone who loves counters throw together a mono blue counter deck for standard just to see how well it'd look in standard right now
Quote from: Greg54js on April 03, 2013, 05:17:26 PM
So I'm just gonna throw a suggestion, someone who loves counters throw together a mono blue counter deck for standard just to see how well it'd look in standard right now
{Counterspell}. Fairly costed at {U}{U}, you can only have 4. Stops everything.