Then, when you eventually try to play a Disrupting Scepter or Jayemdae Tome, having access to Red Elemental Blast to help protect it was a big deal
Cards like Scar, and our number 1 card for the category coming up, are some of the biggest examples
BPhillipYork: I like this in the sense that it helps to smooth out one of the big problems of Magic games, which is drawing early game cards late or late game cards early
Aerith Gainsborough's second ability triggers just once for each life-gaining event, whether it's 1 life from Al Bhed Salvagers or 3 life from Balamb T-Rexaur
I doubt youll want Mangara, the Diplomat in an aggressive white deck, but if a slower, more controlling one exists, this is bound to fit right in
There are more powerful counterspells, but a 3-mana counterspell that matches your decks major creature type is more fun