It is named for the eponymous Counterspell , which still sees large amounts of play since it handles every kind of spell at the relatively low price of two blue mana
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I tend to think that Mana should just work consistently so I dont hold myself to a hard standard with flavor and mana, unless Im adding super powerful and expensive mana staples to a deck thats meant for casual play
A typical game plan for white
4 Evereth, Viceroy Of Plunder Anime - $27.16 Anime cards are all the rage in Foundations Jumpstart and with Evereth, Viceroy of Plunder, you get a powerful-looking one
Also, the printing of Ox of Agonas pushed the deck to want to be more aggressive, as the card can single-handedly win games on its own, but it contradicts with Life from the Loam as its more focused on dredging as hard as you can than to make land drops and build up a substantial hand size