MTG Salvation

I think CounterTop would be fine, even with miracle cards. But at the least I think Modern Blue should have Counterspell. Generic cards like Counterspell allow blue to actually police a format some and have a card that's not dead across matches instead of the usual tripe of mana leak, remand in that slot.

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I think CounterTop would be fine, even with miracle cards. But at the least I think Modern Blue should have Counterspell. Generic cards like Counterspell allow blue to actually police a format some and have a card that's not dead across matches instead of the usual tripe of mana leak, remand in that slot.

Wouldn't we be able to use that logic to bring in Pernicious Deed, FoW, and Daze?


Why are we talking about Counterspell when it wouldn't have changed anything in this tourney?

You could but it would be fundamentally flawed. I am not advocating free counterspells. I am advocating a reprint of Counterspell, which is cmc 2 and not free, not comparable at all to force of will or daze.

I don't know if counterspell would have made a difference in every match, but let's be honest, it would have made an impact.

Given these results, compounded with the previous tournaments results, I could see Grixis coming back. As I've said in other threads, Grixis has access to Snapcaster and Baby Jace who can make better use of the Pyroclasm, Anger of the Gods, and Damnation that are in their colors. The same can be said about Jeskai control as well, but I'm unsure about it's ability to finish games, where as Grixis can just dump a Tas or Angler and call it a day once they wipe the board once or twice, as well as by back those two encase the are caught up in a wrath.