Mystic Denial

Instant

Counter target creature or sorcery spell.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	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
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (3)

MagicWizard1993 on don't run cancel, run--

3 years ago

I see Mystic Denial is the best counter on this list.

NorainJS on Card creation challenge

4 years ago

Spark Growth

Instant

Buyback -

Put X loyalty counters on target planeswalker you control. At the beginning of the next end step, remove that many loyalty counters from each planeswalker with loyalty counters put on it this way.

Overload

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Emblem popping seems like something most of my playgroup dislikes so I went with this.

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Make a card that would make players ask "Why is this card X card type and not Y card type" (Similar to how Mystic Denial was printed as a sorcery despite being a counterspell, it's since been oracled though)

chaosumbreon87 on Can Banding work in EDH?

7 years ago

But you forgot the few things blue adds to EDH which makes it feared a little more than green:

Control- specifically sorcery speed counterspells are fun but counters and control is fun. Mystic Denial, Extinguish, Preemptive Strike specifically.

Draw power-blue has almost a monopoly on draw power and deck management. Just saying. It offers a lot more than green for this department.

Phasing- Yeah. this old mechanic. People hate it. Judges hate it. What can be funnier than banding to a man land, than phasing out the banded man land.

Lastly, going wide with creatures is often worse in commander since board wipes hurt a lot more. Blue lets you recover a lot more easily but the surprise is less when your commander has that mechanic written on it.

Just my $0.02 though.