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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

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).

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.

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 ...

Foil is an island AND another card ...

Quote from: Taysby on January 05, 2014, 07:20:57 PM

Quote from: Mattao19 on January 04, 2014, 10:12:14 PM
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

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

{guile} could be fun ^^

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

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

Why does this deck exist?

Everything. Make a new deck

Quote from: Taysby on March 12, 2014, 05:31:07 PM
I counter that statement.
What should I cut?

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

Quote from: Taysby on March 13, 2014, 12:53:48 PM
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?

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

Quote from: Sparkle Ninja on March 13, 2014, 05:22:59 PM
So you're telling me you lose if you lose that Merfolk dude...

.... So true lmfao!!

Quote from: Taysby on March 13, 2014, 06:26:34 PM

Quote from: Sparkle Ninja on March 13, 2014, 05:22:59 PM
So you're telling me you lose if you lose that Merfolk dude...

How would I lose him?  Counter!  I should add {mind break trap}s to deal with things that can't be countered though.

I'd like to make it as competitive as I can, but it'd probably turn out to be a casual deck anyways.