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Every bad counterspell in the book
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Est deck cost: $99.08
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Commander

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Baral, Chief of Compliance

Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. Whenever a spell or ability you control counters a spell, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.

Creature
Baral, Chief of Compliance (aer) 28

Commander

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Removal

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Mass Manipulation

Gain control of X target creatures and/or planeswalkers.

Sorcery
Mass Manipulation (rna) 42

Removal

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Draw

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Blue Sun's Zenith

Target player draws X cards. Shuffle Blue Sun's Zenith into its owner's library.

Instant
Blue Sun's Zenith (a25) 44
Brainsurge

Draw four cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.

Instant
Brainsurge (mh3) 53
Breakthrough

Draw four cards, then choose X cards in your hand and discard the rest.

Sorcery
Breakthrough (2x2) 41
Commander's Insight

Target player draws X cards plus an additional card for each time they've cast a commander from the command zone this game.

Instant
Commander's Insight (c21) 23
Consider

Surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.) Draw a card.

Instant
Consider (tdc) 148
Diviner's Portent

Roll a d20 and add the number of cards in your hand. 1—14 | Draw X cards. 15+ | Scry X, then draw X cards.

Instant
Diviner's Portent (afc) 15
Drown in Dreams

Choose one. If you control a commander as you cast this spell, you may choose both instead. • Target player draws X cards. • Target player mills twice X cards.

Instant
Drown in Dreams (mic) 13
Enter the Infinite

Draw cards equal to the number of cards in your library, then put a card from your hand on top of your library. You have no maximum hand size until your next turn.

Sorcery
Enter the Infinite (gtc) 34
Even the Score

This spell costs {U}{U}{U} less to cast if an opponent has drawn four or more cards this turn. Draw X cards.

Instant
Even the Score (snc) 42
Fascination

Choose one — • Each player draws X cards. • Each player mills X cards.

Sorcery
Fascination (plst) FRF-34
Finale of Revelation

Draw X cards. If X is 10 or more, instead shuffle your graveyard into your library, draw X cards, untap up to five lands, and you have no maximum hand size for the rest of the game. Exile Finale of Revelation.

Sorcery
Finale of Revelation (otc) 97
Ingenious Mastery

You may pay {2}{U} rather than pay this spell's mana cost. If the {2}{U} cost was paid, you draw three cards, then an opponent creates two Treasure tokens and they scry 2. If that cost wasn't paid, you draw X cards.

Sorcery
Ingenious Mastery (stx) 44
Jace, Unraveler of Secrets

+1: Scry 1, then draw a card. −2: Return target creature to its owner's hand. −8: You get an emblem with "Whenever an opponent casts their first spell each turn, counter that spell."

Planeswalker
Jace, Unraveler of Secrets (inr) 70
Mind Spring

Draw X cards.

Sorcery
Mind Spring (plst) DDT-14
Minds Aglow

Join forces — Starting with you, each player may pay any amount of mana. Each player draws X cards, where X is the total amount of mana paid this way.

Sorcery
Minds Aglow (cmm) 105
Opt

Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.) Draw a card.

Instant
Opt (tdc) 158
Silver Scrutiny

You may cast this spell as though it had flash if X is 3 or less. Draw X cards.

Sorcery
Silver Scrutiny (dmu) 65

Draw

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Theft

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Tempted by the Oriq

For each opponent, gain control of up to one target creature or planeswalker that player controls with mana value 3 or less.

Sorcery
Tempted by the Oriq (stx) 58

Theft

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Land

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Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (tdm) 279

Land

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Tokens

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Metallurgic Summonings

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, create an X/X colorless Construct artifact creature token, where X is that spell's mana value. {3}{U}{U}, Exile this enchantment: Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand. Activate only if you control six or more artifacts.

Enchantment
Metallurgic Summonings (c21) 122

Tokens

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Protection

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High Fae Trickster

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Flying You may cast spells as though they had flash.

Creature
High Fae Trickster (fdn) 40

Protection

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Access Denied

Counter target spell. Create X 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature tokens with flying, where X is that spell's mana value.

Instant
Access Denied (nec) 11
Artistic Refusal

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.) Choose one or both — • Counter target spell. • Draw two cards, then discard a card.

Instant
Artistic Refusal (mom) 46
Assert Authority

Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.) Counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.

Instant
Assert Authority (mrd) 30
Confirm Suspicions

Counter target spell. Investigate three times. (To investigate, create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")

Instant
Confirm Suspicions (mkc) 97
Contradict

Counter target spell. Draw a card.

Instant
Contradict (plst) DTK-49
Counterlash

Counter target spell. You may cast a spell that shares a card type with it from your hand without paying its mana cost.

Instant
Counterlash (plst) DKA-33
Decree of Silence

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, counter that spell and put a depletion counter on this enchantment. If there are three or more depletion counters on this enchantment, sacrifice it. Cycling {4}{U}{U} ({4}{U}{U}, Discard this card: Draw a card.) When you cycle this card, you may counter target spell.

Enchantment
Decree of Silence (scg) 32
Desertion

Counter target spell. If an artifact or creature spell is countered this way, put that card onto the battlefield under your control instead of into its owner's graveyard.

Instant
Desertion (plst) CN2-107
Disciple of the Ring

{1}, Exile an instant or sorcery card from your graveyard: Choose one — • Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays {2}. • This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn. • Tap target creature. • Untap target creature.

Creature
Disciple of the Ring (2x2) 46
Draining Whelk

Flash Flying When this creature enters, counter target spell. Put X +1/+1 counters on this creature, where X is that spell's mana value.

Creature
Draining Whelk (tsr) 62
Fervent Denial

Counter target spell. Flashback {5}{U}{U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Instant
Fervent Denial (c19) 86
Forceful Denial

Cascade (When you cast this spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Put the exiled cards on the bottom in a random order.) Counter target spell.

Instant
Forceful Denial (cmr) 69
Glyph Keeper

Flying Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability for the first time each turn, counter that spell or ability. Embalm {5}{U}{U} ({5}{U}{U}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a white Zombie Sphinx with no mana cost. Embalm only as a sorcery.)

Creature
Glyph Keeper (akh) 55
Hurl into History

Counter target artifact or creature spell. Discover X, where X is that spell's mana value. (Exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card with that mana value or less. Cast it without paying its mana cost or put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)

Instant
Hurl into History (lci) 59
Jetting Glasskite

Flying Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability for the first time each turn, counter that spell or ability.

Creature
Jetting Glasskite (ema) 58
Lost in the Mist

Counter target spell. Return target permanent to its owner's hand.

Instant
Lost in the Mist (isd) 63
Overwhelming Intellect

Counter target creature spell. Draw cards equal to that spell's mana value.

Instant
Overwhelming Intellect (ddj) 28
Sister of Silence

Flash Psychic Abomination — When this creature enters, counter target instant spell, sorcery spell, activated ability, or triggered ability.

Creature
Sister of Silence (40k) 26
Spell Swindle

Counter target spell. Create X Treasure tokens, where X is that spell's mana value. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Instant
Spell Swindle (moc) 237
Spelljack

Counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard. You may play it without paying its mana cost for as long as it remains exiled. (If it has X in its mana cost, X is 0.)

Instant
Spelljack (jud) 51
Sublime Epiphany

Choose one or more — • Counter target spell. • Counter target activated or triggered ability. • Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. • Create a token that's a copy of target creature you control. • Target player draws a card.

Instant
Sublime Epiphany (tdc) 167
Transcendent Dragon

Flash Flying When this creature enters, if you cast it, counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard, then you may cast it without paying its mana cost.

Creature
Transcendent Dragon (tdc) 22
Traumatic Visions

Counter target spell. Basic landcycling {1}{U} ({1}{U}, Discard this card: Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

Instant
Traumatic Visions (c21) 132
Voracious Greatshark

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) When this creature enters, counter target artifact or creature spell.

Creature
Voracious Greatshark (j25) 382

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Ramp

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Arcane Signet

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Artifact
Arcane Signet (tdc) 105
Commander's Sphere

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact
Commander's Sphere (drc) 125
Dreamscape Artist

{2}{U}, {T}, Discard a card, Sacrifice a land: Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Creature
Dreamscape Artist (tsr) 64
Explorer's Scope

Whenever equipped creature attacks, look at the top card of your library. If it's a land card, you may put it onto the battlefield tapped. Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Explorer's Scope (pip) 231
Fellwar Stone

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

Artifact
Fellwar Stone (tdc) 318
Mind Stone

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact
Mind Stone (dsc) 248
Mitotic Manipulation

Look at the top seven cards of your library. You may put one of those cards onto the battlefield if it has the same name as a permanent. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

Sorcery
Mitotic Manipulation (mbs) 27
Omniscience

You may cast spells from your hand without paying their mana costs.

Enchantment
Omniscience (fdn) 161
Sky Diamond

This artifact enters tapped. {T}: Add {U}.

Artifact
Sky Diamond (scd) 273
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (tdc) 106
Sol Talisman

Suspend 3—{1} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, pay {1} and exile it with three time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.) {T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Talisman (mh2) 236
Solemn Simulacrum

When this creature enters, you may search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. When this creature dies, you may draw a card.

Creature Artifact
Solemn Simulacrum (tdc) 325
Thought Vessel

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add {C}.

Artifact
Thought Vessel (dsc) 256
Thran Dynamo

{T}: Add {C}{C}{C}.

Artifact
Thran Dynamo (blc) 290
Wayfarer's Bauble

{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Artifact
Wayfarer's Bauble (tdc) 335
Worn Powerstone

This artifact enters tapped. {T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Worn Powerstone (mh3) 298

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