Scroll of Counterspell

Commander / EDH Control Mono-Blue Wizards

raefgall

Creature (27)

• 1x Arcanis the Omnipotent
• 1x Archaeomancer
• 1x Baral, Chief of Compliance
• 1x Beguiler of Wills
• 1x Descendant of Soramaro
• 1x Disciple of the Ring
• 1x Echo Mage
• 1x Elite Arcanist
• 1x Information Dealer
• 1x Inspired Sprite
• 1x Jace, Vryn's Prodigy  ^Flip
• 1x Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
• 1x Lullmage Mentor
• 1x Magus of the Future
• 1x Master of Waves
• 1x Mizzium Meddler
• 1x Patron Wizard
• 1x Sage of Fables
• 1x Silumgar Sorcerer
• 1x Simic Manipulator
• 1x Spellstutter Sprite
• 1x Stonybrook Banneret
• 1x Talrand, Sky Summoner
• 1x Thassa, God of the Sea
• 1x Trinket Mage
• 1x Vedalken AEthermage
• 1x Voidmage Husher

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Curse of the Swine
• 1x Rite of Replication
• 1x Wash Out

Instant (22)

• 1x Aethersnatch
• 1x Anticipate
• 1x Boomerang
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cryptic Command
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Disallow
• 1x Dissipate
• 1x Faerie Trickery
• 1x Hinder
• 1x Ixidor's Will
• 1x Mystic Confluence
• 1x Negate
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Psychic Rebuttal
• 1x Rakshasa's Disdain
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Spell Crumple
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Telling Time

Artifact (9)

• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Meekstone
• 1x Pithing Needle
• 1x Relic of Progenitus
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Unstable Obelisk
• 1x Venser's Journal

Commander (1)

Land (36)

• 1x Blighted Cataract
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Coral Atoll
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Faerie Conclave
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 20x Island
• 1x Lonely Sandbar
• 1x Mage-Ring Network
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Remote Isle
• 1x Tectonic Edge
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Rhystic Study

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Creature (4)

• 1x Docent of Perfection  ^Flip
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Rayne, Academy Chancellor
• 1x Supreme Inquisitor

Instant (3)

• 1x Commit / Memory
• 1x Foil
• 1x Thwart

Enchantment (1)

• 1x As Foretold

Artifact (1)

• 1x Throne of the God-Pharaoh

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Part of me felt bad putting this together, but having a strong counterspell player in a group game can help keep things from getting out of hand. (It may also just make me a target and get my face punched in.) The basic idea is just to draw cards and counter spells that threaten you. I don't have a strong win condition, largely because I decided not to include infinite locks/combos that would normally be used in this type of deck. Control until you can either steal something from an opponent or punch them to death with tiny, ineffective wizard-fists.

Azami, Lady of Scrolls, Patron Wizard, and to a lesser extent Sage of Fables take advantage of the wizard tribal theme. Lullmage Mentor and Talrand, Sky Summoner produce tokens as you counter spells, while Master of Waves just makes tokens. Beguiler of Wills and Simic Manipulator let you steal theings from your opponents, while Rite of Replication gives you multiple copies.

Rapid Hybridization, Pongify, Reality Shift, and Curse of the Swine offer some removal for creatures that get on the board. Cyclonic Rift and Wash Out are your big guns for removing non-creature threats. Cryptic Command and Mystic Confluence are your big guns, giving you a lot of options and drawing cards.

Feel free to check out my other Commander decks here.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 27 - 0 Rares 27 - 0 Uncommons 21 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.95
Tokens	Ape 3/3 G, Bird 2/2 U, Boar 2/2 G, Copy Clone, Drake 2/2 U, Elemental 1/0 U, Emblem Jace, Vryn's Prodigy, Frog Lizard 3/3 G, Manifest 2/2 C, Merfolk 1/1 U, Thopter 1/1 C
Folders	Commander Counterspell, EDH Constructed