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Commander / EDH Counterspell Mono-Blue

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Counterspell (34)

• 1x Calculated Dismissal
• 1x Complicate
• 1x Condescend
• 1x Confirm Suspicions
• 1x Countervailing Winds
• 1x Cryptic Command
• 1x Desertion
• 1x Disallow
• 1x Disciple of the Ring
• 1x Disdainful Stroke
• 1x Dismal Failure
• 1x Dismiss
• 1x Disruptive Student
• 1x Dissolve
• 1x Dream Fracture
• 1x Ertai, Wizard Adept
• 1x Essence Scatter
• 1x Exclude
• 1x Failed Inspection
• 1x Insidious Will
• 1x Jwari Disruption  ^Flip
• 1x Lost in the Mist
• 1x Miscalculation
• 1x Mystic Confluence
• 1x Overwhelming Intellect
• 1x Patron Wizard
• 1x Sage's Dousing
• 1x Sinister Sabotage
• 1x Spell Burst
• 1x Spell Swindle
• 1x Spelljack
• 1x Statute of Denial
• 1x Sublime Epiphany
• 1x Thassa's Rebuff

Land (32)

• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Desert of the Mindful
• 26x Island
• 1x Jwari Disruption  ^Flip
• 1x Lonely Sandbar
• 1x Mystic Sanctuary
• 1x Remote Isle

Scry (4)

• 1x Calculated Dismissal
• 1x Condescend
• 1x Dissolve
• 1x Jace's Sanctum

Discard (2)

• 1x Dismal Failure
• 1x Statute of Denial

DiscardTrigger (2)

• 1x Curator of Mysteries
• 1x Drake Haven

Copy (1)

• 1x Insidious Will

CounterTrigger (1)

• 1x Guile

DrawTrigger (1)

• 1x Chasm Skulker

Draw (27)

• 1x Academy Elite
• 1x Archmage Emeritus
• 1x Complicate
• 1x Confirm Suspicions
• 1x Countervailing Winds
• 1x Cryptic Command
• 1x Curator of Mysteries
• 1x Deep Analysis
• 1x Desert of the Mindful
• 1x Dismiss
• 1x Dream Fracture
• 1x Exclude
• 1x Failed Inspection
• 1x Flow of Knowledge
• 1x Lonely Sandbar
• 1x Lunar Mystic
• 1x Mind Spring
• 1x Miscalculation
• 1x Mystic Confluence
• 1x Nagging Thoughts
• 1x Obsessive Search
• 1x Overwhelming Intellect
• 1x Remote Isle
• 1x Repulse
• 1x Sage's Dousing
• 1x Statute of Denial
• 1x Sublime Epiphany

DiscardOutlet (8)

• 1x Academy Elite
• 1x Complicate
• 1x Countervailing Winds
• 1x Curator of Mysteries
• 1x Desert of the Mindful
• 1x Failed Inspection
• 1x Flow of Knowledge
• 1x Miscalculation

Ramp (6)

• 1x Curious Homunculus  ^Flip
• 1x Haughty Djinn
• 1x Jace's Sanctum
• 1x Sapphire Medallion
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spell Swindle

Control (3)

• 1x Aethersnatch
• 1x Entrancing Melody
• 1x Welcome to the Fold

Madness (3)

• 1x Nagging Thoughts
• 1x Obsessive Search
• 1x Welcome to the Fold

Recur (2)

• 1x Metallurgic Summonings
• 1x Mystic Sanctuary

DirectDamage (1)

• 1x Sphinx-Bone Wand

Flashback (1)

• 1x Deep Analysis

Commander (1)

InstSorcTrigger (12)

• 1x Archmage Emeritus
• 1x Chrome Host Seedshark
• 1x Curious Homunculus  ^Flip
• 1x Docent of Perfection  ^Flip
• 1x Jace's Sanctum
• 1x Lullmage Mentor
• 1x Lunar Mystic
• 1x Metallurgic Summonings
• 1x Octavia, Living Thesis
• 1x Sphinx-Bone Wand
• 1x Talrand, Sky Summoner
• 1x Thing in the Ice  ^Flip

GraveyardFeed (9)

• 1x Academy Elite
• 1x Calculated Dismissal
• 1x Countervailing Winds
• 1x Cryptic Serpent
• 1x Disciple of the Ring
• 1x Haughty Djinn
• 1x Octavia, Living Thesis
• 1x Rise from the Tides
• 1x Runechanter's Pike

Unsummon (8)

• 1x Cryptic Command
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Just the Wind
• 1x Lost in the Mist
• 1x Mystic Confluence
• 1x Repulse
• 1x Sublime Epiphany
• 1x Thing in the Ice  ^Flip

Spawning (5)

• 1x Chrome Host Seedshark
• 1x Docent of Perfection  ^Flip
• 1x Drake Haven
• 1x Lullmage Mentor
• 1x Rise from the Tides

WizardTribal (3)

• 1x Docent of Perfection  ^Flip
• 1x Patron Wizard
• 1x Sage's Dousing

Tap (2)

• 1x Cryptic Command
• 1x Disciple of the Ring

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Other (27)

• 1x Academy Wall
• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Blink of an Eye
• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Contradict
• 1x Crippling Chill
• 1x Daze
• 1x Decree of Silence
• 1x Dematerialize
• 1x Diviner's Wand
• 1x Enhanced Awareness
• 1x Eyes of the Watcher
• 1x Force Void
• 1x Frightful Delusion
• 1x Ghastly Discovery
• 1x Into the Roil
• 1x Keep Watch
• 1x Mana Leak
• 1x Oppressive Will
• 1x Primal Amulet  ^Flip
• 1x Rakshasa's Disdain
• 1x Runeboggle
• 1x Silent Departure
• 1x Skywise Teachings
• 1x Theft of Dreams
• 1x Weave Fate
• 1x Zephyr Scribe

Counterspell (12)

• 1x Admiral's Order
• 1x Circular Logic
• 1x Convolute
• 1x Disruptive Pitmage
• 1x Draining Whelk
• 1x Fervent Denial
• 1x Geist Snatch
• 1x Remove Soul
• 1x Rethink
• 1x Scatter to the Winds
• 1x Spell Contortion
• 1x Spell Syphon

Flashback (2)

• 1x Fervent Denial
• 1x Think Twice

DiscardOutlet (1)

• 1x Forgotten Creation

GraveyardFeed (1)

• 1x Circular Logic

Ramp (1)

• 1x Pirate's Prize

Unsummon (1)

• 1x AEtherize

Draw (6)

• 1x Forgotten Creation
• 1x Pirate's Prize
• 1x Spell Contortion
• 1x Stroke of Genius
• 1x Think Twice
• 1x Trail of Evidence

InstSorcTrigger (3)

• 1x Niblis of Frost
• 1x Quiet Contemplation
• 1x Trail of Evidence

Tap (3)

• 1x Chilling Grasp
• 1x Niblis of Frost
• 1x Quiet Contemplation

Madness (2)

• 1x Chilling Grasp
• 1x Circular Logic

DrawTrigger (1)

• 1x Toothy, Imaginary Friend

Spawning (1)

• 1x Geist Snatch

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One day, a nice wizard named Baral had many, many friends. "What a minute," he said, "everyone says that there's such a thing as too much of a good thing." So he decided to cut down on his numerous friends. But how best to achieve such a feat?

And lo, Baral's Counterspell deck was born.

Within days, his circle of friends had dwindled to nothing. For indeed, nobody could ever play anything against him during those long insufferable matches. "Surely, as I gain more and more lands, I'll be able to play a decoy spell, and after he counters THAT, he'll be out of mana and out of counters for my REAL important spell of the turn!"

But alas, no, Baral had enough ressources to counter EVERYTHING: the decoy AND the main spell, and then some. Counterspells were cheap, see? He got them at a discount. He knew a guy. And each time he countered, he drew and discarded to make sure his next Counterspell was within reach.

He drew so much, in fact, that "Draw Triggers" became his new friends! Just when he was starting to feel lonely. Toothy, Imaginary Friend might be imaginary, but he's a great friend for wizards quick on the draw. But Baral's bestest BBF ever was Chasm Skulker.

But he never forgot that he discarded as much as he drew. And so, "Discard Triggers" became really good pals, too. And so, Drake Haven and Curator of Mysteries became regulars.

Alas, this kind of party soon makes a lot of trash. His bins were soon overflowing with Instants and Sorceries. But because Baral was such a wiz, he turned even that into a weapon. So many things that feed off the trash! And no we're not talking raccoons or hoboes, but his friends from the Academy Elite, or the Runechanter Spike or the Cryptic Serpent.

This never-ending party always made sure he had plenty of Instants and Sorceries on hand. In fact, he grew to be such an obsessive user that it became a problem. Soon, "other things" started happening each time he lit up an Inst or a Sorc. Things like Metallurgic Summonings, Quiet Contemplation and Niblis of Frost. Oh, yes, he was frosty, alright. Even his buddy Talrand, Sky Summoner started showing up. Madness was just around the corner! (no, really, actual Madness, like Chilling Grasp)

It was a dangerous party, and soon he started missing his old friends. The rest of the story is a long and hard struggle to put down the Counterspells. Because Counterspells and all their friends are like cigarettes. You don't get addicted to the cigarettes themselves: it's what inside that does it.

Baral's nicotine was the constant winning.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 35 - 0 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 21 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.61
Tokens	Clue, Construct */* C, Copy Clone, Drake 2/2 U, Human Wizard 1/1 U, Incubator, Merfolk 1/1 U, Phyrexian 0/0 C, Squid 1/1 U, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B