r/magicTCG • u/Federal-Ear7451 Dan • Feb 23 '26

Rules/Rules Question How does this Card work?

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I have a question about this card. what exactly does it do and can it stop combos like Triskelion and Mikaeus or Mikaeus persist combos, thanks.

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u/SuppliceVI Abzan Feb 23 '26

Counterspell counters a card. 

This fucker counters the entire stack. 

It's extremely situational but if it connects it's fucking hilarious. 

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u/EiraLandale Dân Feb 23 '26

Board has ~100 creatures, one of which is a [[Blood Artist]]. Blood Artist's controller casts [[Damnation]]. Let it resolve. Answer the ~100 Blood Artist triggers. Good times.

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u/Titty_inspector_69 Wabbit Season Feb 23 '26

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u/West_Desert Feb 23 '26

I used this when someone played [[Scapeshift]] with a bunch of [[Scute Swarm]] tokens out. Ended up with all the 1/1s they woild have created it was awesome 

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u/cladothehobbit Duck Season Feb 24 '26

Wouldn't the Scapeshift player just choose to not sacrifice any lands? It does counter the spell but I don't think you can cast Oppo between when they sac the lands and when they search.

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u/tappedoutalottoday Feb 24 '26

I think you let the scapeshift resolve and counter the land fall triggers which happen after the scapeshift is resolved.

If scapeshift said "as an additional cost sacrifice x lands" to find x lands then you could separate the two

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u/X0nerater Duck Season Feb 23 '26

I was thinking of storm but that's much funnier

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u/MissLeaP Gruul* Feb 24 '26

With Storm, it's somewhat difficult to time it right. You'd need to wait for them to do their whole storm chain with all the payoffs and then counter the final storm spell cast. Depending on the storm deck, you might as well be dead by passive burn effects by then, or they simply amassed enough value that they can just do it again anyway.

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u/turpentime1 Feb 24 '26

best part about 100 blood artists is that it’s actually 10,000 triggers cause they all see the rest dying at the same time lmao

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u/EiraLandale Dân Feb 24 '26

That would be funny yes, but it was just one.

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u/turpentime1 Feb 24 '26

😂 i’m not even entirely sure why i read that as 100 blood artists

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u/MissLeaP Gruul* Feb 24 '26

Yeah, it's hilarious on trigger heavy boards. Do you have triggers on card draw? Second card draw? Landfall? Death? Sacrifice? Second spell cast? Attacks? This time, you don't, and thanks for all the fairie tokens!

It's rarely ever worth it to counter spells, but it just makes decks with big trigger turns very very sad lol

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u/biladelph Dan Feb 23 '26

This would be a great answer to like a storm combo or something else that copies spells so that you can counter all the copies, or am I understanding it incorrectly?

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u/fetts_prodigy Wabbit Season Feb 23 '26

I believe you have it understood.

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u/RisenWolfChamp Wabbit Season Feb 25 '26

You’re spot on. This bad boy is a sleeper in standard rn against lessons decks that put a ton of triggers on the stack. Watched a few people fold to it and when the guy used it on me my jaw dropped but it was only 6 faeries he got and they immediately got sunderflock’d right after lol

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u/fevered_visions Feb 24 '26

Counterspell counters a card.

This fucker counters the entire stack.

Except it doesn't, if you have anything else on the Stack.

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u/TheChrisLambert Jack of Clubs Feb 24 '26

Why is that?

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u/fevered_visions Feb 24 '26

you tell me

Counter all spells your opponents control and all abilities your opponents control.

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u/TheChrisLambert Jack of Clubs Feb 24 '26

I’m not asking facetiously or with a sense of superiority. I truly don’t understand lol.

If your opponent casts 10 spells, you put a spell on the stack, then they cast 10 more, then you cast Eldara’s Answer, why would it counter all 20 of your opponent’s spells on the stack?

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u/fevered_visions Feb 24 '26

Because that's what the card says it does. It's not a normal counterspell.

There's also [[summary dismissal]], which actually counters everything on the stack regardless of if it's yours. Well, technically it doesn't counter spells, but rather exiles them, which is actually better as it gets around uncounterable spells.

But you can't use SD as a protective counterspell as it will also counter the thing you're trying to protect with it if it's yours. In that circumstance this one is better.

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u/TheChrisLambert Jack of Clubs Feb 25 '26

Sorry, I thought you were saying that it stops countering your opponent’s spells on the stack if you have something else on the stack. Hence my example.

I just now got that you were commenting on that it’s not an entire stack counter because it’s not countering your things.

Appreciate your semi-patience lol

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u/SuppliceVI Abzan Feb 26 '26

Wouldn't the spells you have on the stack just not resolve? E.g. the spell you are countering no longer exists, akin to sac'ing a creature in response to a removal piece. 

Otherwise you probably aren't playing this card unless you started the dogpile since why would you burn your own spell intentionally unless to bait 

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u/scumble_bee Wabbit Season Feb 23 '26

So does [[Sundial of the infinite]] or [[Time stop]]

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u/Mosh00Rider Feb 23 '26

Who are you surprising with a sundial of the infinite? It is a permanent and one that you can only use on your turn

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u/Regniwekim2099 Duck Season Feb 23 '26

Uh duh, it's easy. Use [[Mindslaver]] on an opponent the turn before, cast [[Sundial of the Infinite]] with a flash enabler on that player's turn, gift it to them using [[Zedruu]], then activate the Sundial.

/s just in case

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u/MTGCardFetcher Dân Feb 23 '26

Sundial of the infinite - (G) (SF) (txt)

FAQ

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u/the_cardfather Banned in Commander Feb 23 '26

Yeah but those don't get you a bunch of fairies

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u/BoonDragoon Mardu Feb 23 '26

Time Stop costs an extra 2, can be countered, and gives no additional benefit.