Flash Counter

Instant

Counter target instant spell.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Oldschool 93/94	Legal
Pauper	Legal
Pauper Duel Commander	Legal
Pauper EDH	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (4)

clayperce on Triple A [Modern Version]

5 years ago

itachi45,
I'm not Argy of course, but I think it's just that she hasn't gotten to comments yet today rather than a 'no' ... esp since it's not in her 'Cards Already considered' list. That said, I don't see how you can say Lantern Scout is strictly better than Kalastria Healer. That term is generally reserved for cards that offer a better effect at the same cost (e.g., Negate > Flash Counter), the same effect at a lower cost (e.g., Lightning Bolt > Shard Volley), or both (e.g., Back to Nature > Tranquility). And of course the Scout offers a VERY different effect (and not necessarily a better one ... the Healer is MUCH better for example vs. Ensnaring Bridge decks), plus it's at a higher cost (which of course raises the mana curve). Please note I'm not saying it's bad. Just that you and I have a very different definition of "strictly better" :-D

HobbyGamer007 on First Try

6 years ago

Some changes I'd do and try out how they fare:

Out:

• Sol Ring (Illegal in our playgroup) run a dork instead
• Simic Keyrune - Play mana Dorks instead
• Vision Skeins - Play better draw spells for only you
• Flash Counter - Play better version of this
• Siren Stormtamer - Play better version of this
• Chasm Skulker - we don't synergize with this
• Tempt with Discovery - there's better ramp that's just for us
• Solemn Simulacrum - we are in green
• Creeping Mold - too expensive
• Pathrazer of Ulamog - Doesn't have a cast trigger, but we cast eldrazi
• Baloth Woodcrasher - We are not in limited or in landfall
• Scaled Behemoth - We are not in limited
• Gauntlet of Power - We are in 2 Colors
• Lightning Greaves - our commander is frequently not a creature
• Swiftfoot Boots - our commander is frequently not a creature
• Imprisoned in the Moon - the green one is better

In:

• Song of the Dryads - Better than imprison in the moon. Binds everything until removed
• Doubling Cube - Should be very awesome with kruphix
• Nature's Claim - cheap instant speed removal
• Paradox Engine - we run counters and can keep our nonland mana so this should yield a lot of mana
• Vedalken Orrery - I think we like a lot of flash in this deck
• Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir - Flash for us and slowmo for the others? Yes please!
• Dispel - cheaper than flash counter. Maybe play Swan Song instead of it.
• Everflowing Chalice - bestest manarock to dump mana in
• Brainstorm - best draw spell ever
• Staff of Nin - draw a card a turn and kill some mana dorks
• Fyndhorn Elves - mana dork
• Heroic Intervention - Protect's kurphix and therefore our accumulated mana
• Simic Charm - same as interverntion
• Turn Aside - see above. might be one too many but hey. if it's too much protection run more dorks.
• Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury - she spits dorks. could be very awesome
• Jace, the Mind Sculptor - Brainstorm every turn and an alternate wincon in a lockdown situation. Best walker ever.

HTH

izzetkid987 on MoBlu Spellspam

6 years ago

Adds I would recommend: More lands 35 is pretty risky and generally you would prefer mana flood to mana screw. I would aim for 38 myself. Utility lands Yeah, this list runs Back to Basics but you will not always draw it and a couple dead lands with it out still is not so bad. You exclude a lot of useful effects like Reliquary Tower, Myriad Landscape, Riptide Laboratory (for protecting talrand), Faerie Conclave/Dread Statuary (for emergency blocks) etc. by not running nonbasics and mono-colour decks with no duals have the most space for those. More mana acceleration Most edh decks need ramp and this deck is no exception. With more mana, you can counter more spells per turn cycle. Sol Ring and other mana rocks are staples. I would aim for ten total. More card draw Same deal as ramp. Most of your counters trade 1 for 1 with your opponent's spells so you will need hand refills or you will run out of cards trying to trade 1 for 1 with 1 with 3 or 4 opponents. Pretty basic multiplayer card advantage. This deck prefers instants so it can keep mana up for counters. Blue Sun's Zenith, Stroke of Genius, and Pull from Tomorrow have a big impact. Perilous Research costs little and you can just sacrifice the drake it makes. Board wipes Some games you will fall behind your opponents so you need more reset buttons. Evacuation, Inundate, Crush of Tentacles, and Engulf the Shore all get you out of sticky situations and simulate a blue Wrath of God. Oblivion Stone permanently destroys. Other Curse of the Swine, Pongify, and Rapid Hybridization are all instant or sorcery spot removal. Rise from the Tides gets you a LOT of tokens. Dismiss replaces itself. Propaganda protects you. Brainstorm, Telling Time, Think Twice, Opt and other cantrips do not really give you net card draw since you use up a spell to cast them, but give you card quality instead.Cuts I would recommend: Kraken's Eye is probably bad because cards that only gain you life typically are. Elixir of Immortality is the same unless you are regularly near decking yourself. Backfire, Creature Bond, Feedback, Power Taint, Psychic Venom and other cards that only damage players are typically too low impact in edh. Disperse and Flash Counter are strictly worse than Into the Roil and Dispel. Cancel is strictly worse than s many other options; here is an entire article detailing them: http://articles.edhrec.com/in-the-margins-cancel/ Disappearing Act seems worse than Cancel unless you particularly want to replay your permanents.

lemmingllama on counter edh wip

8 years ago

Cards to cut:

Blue Elemental Blast isn't relevant enough. Not enough red spells.

Envelop is pretty meh. Not enough sorceries out there.

Evasive Action is a bad Force Spike.

Extinguish is a worse Envelop

Flash Counter is a meh Dispel.

Mental Misstep is only good for laughing at the Sol Ring player. Very likely to be useless otherwise.

Outwit will rot in your hand.

You added Spell Blast twice. Cut one.

Spell Snip is a really meh Force Spike.

Spellshift doesn't actually stop their spells. Not really great.