MANA TITHE

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Posted on Nov. 22, 2012, 2:56 p.m. by jcris25

Is Mana Tithe really that effective? I realise most of the time players save 1-3 lands to counter spells on an opponents turn and if this was the case I could see it working but can anyne speak from experience that has used it many times?

zandl says... #2

Force Spike is very powerful.

So yes.

November 22, 2012 3:14 p.m.

Ohthenoises says... #3

A counterspell from white is something no one expects. If you catch someone with their pants down it can be quite useful. I've seen my old shop owner nail a Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre with a Force Spike before.

So yes. It can be useful especially if people don't know if you run it.

November 22, 2012 3:21 p.m.

zandl says... #4

ALL decks tap out at some point or another. There's never been a deck that never tapped out.

November 22, 2012 3:27 p.m.

CrimsonKing says... #5

White only has access to a few counter spells so yes it's effective. The only ones I know of are:

Mana Tithe

Dawn Charm

Lapse of Certainty

Illumination

Rebuff the Wicked

and to some extend Mental Misstep

November 22, 2012 3:27 p.m.

Ohthenoises says... #6

I kinda wish they would have reprinted Force Spike as the Mana Leak "replacement" in RTR.

November 22, 2012 3:31 p.m.

CrimsonKing says... #7

@Ohthenoises

Atleast we have Frightful Delusion , I like that card. I think Force Spike would have been too powerful for today standard to be honest.

November 22, 2012 3:36 p.m.

zandl says... #8

Force Spike would've been just as bad (or worse) than Mana Leak was. Control would destroy everything.

November 22, 2012 3:38 p.m.

Ohthenoises says... #9

It's FAR easier to play around Force Spike as an aggro player than it is to play around Mana Leak

November 22, 2012 3:59 p.m.

zandl says... #10

Well, yeah. But Force Spike costing 1 means that you can play your control a lot more aggressively than usually, since you only have to keep one land open.

November 22, 2012 4:01 p.m.

Ohthenoises says... #11

I'm aware. However this coming from a primarily aggro player I still think Force Spike wouldn't be as bad as Mana Leak .

November 22, 2012 4:03 p.m.

pookypuppy6 says... #12

Another unexpected counterspell in white is Lapse of Certainty , for those who haven't seen it. I think it's kinda funky.

November 22, 2012 8:07 p.m.

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