Counter spell
Asked by BartS 10 years ago
Ive been asking diffrent peeps from a daughter of a judge to a shop manager ( in MTG ) regarding the Counterspell cards.One says no the other says yes so im confused ... . My question is when i summon a creature can it be counter with for example : Counterspell or can it only counter instant, sorcery? If yes ok problem solved if not are there any cards that can prevent creatures to be summond?
Kind regards
Servo_Token says... #2
If something says "counter target spell", that means it hits creatures, planeswalkers, instants, tribal, anything on the stack that can be countered.
Whereas something like Dispel will only hit instants.
Also, questions like this are meant to be in the MTG Q&A section, linked up top.
August 12, 2014 11:56 p.m.
VampireArmy says... #3
All things played are spells while waiting to resolve. once a creature is resolved it in stops being a spell and becomes a creature. Imagine the creature card is a spell book and paying mana is saying the words to summon it, when someone plays Counterspell they are interrupting your spell so no creature appears
August 12, 2014 11:57 p.m.
Rules questions should actually be in The Q and A. Civic duty done.
To answer your question. Counterspell and any card worded like it can be used on any spell.
Essence Scatter is creature exclusive as denoted by the wording
Dispel is another example.
Epochalyptik says... Accepted answer #1
Rules questions should be asked in the Q&A, which is linked in the header. I can't convert this to a rules question, so I'm moving it to BE.
Counterspell does exactly what it says: it counters a spell. Whenever a card is cast, it goes onto the stack as a spell. Instants and sorceries are spells while on the stack. All permanent cards except lands must be cast as spells before they resolve and become permanents. Counterspell can target and counter any spell on the stack.
August 12, 2014 11:56 p.m.