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CardName: Explosive Mistake Cost: 1UR Type: Instant Pow/Tgh: / Rules Text: Choose one -- Counter target spell unless its controller pays {3}; or Explosive Mistake deals 3 damage to target creature or player. Flashback {3}{U}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.) Flavour Text: Set/Rarity: BandaBox 3 Uncommon

Explosive Mistake
{1}{u}{r}
 
 U 
Instant
Choose one — Counter target spell unless its controller pays {3}; or Explosive Mistake deals 3 damage to target creature or player.
Flashback {3}{u}{r} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Illus. demonuncle / MTG-Deviants
Updated on 20 Sep 2013 by Shiny_Umbreon

Code: CM35

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History: [-]

2012-04-19 16:26:14: Shiny_Umbreon created the card Explosive Mistake
2012-08-03 23:50:19: Shiny_Umbreon edited Explosive Mistake
2012-08-29 00:16:50: Shiny_Umbreon edited Explosive Mistake

Reminiscent of Undermine or Countersquall. But with flashback. I fear countermagic with flashback is just a bit too good; you'll note that Fervent Denial was costed through the roof and back, and Innistrad block revisited flashback without printing a single flashback counterspell.

­Fervent Denial was way overcosted because Counterspell was already too good, and they couldn't push much countermagic. I did a flashback Cancel (also called (((Fervent Denial)))) with what I believe is a fair flashback cost (not on the file as of now).

I might tweak some numbers here and there after I've tested this, but the idea is good enough. It is very powerful anyway but I'll probably have to push blue-red decks a bit, and this card's design also fits in and inspires a whole deck (counter spells + burn spells) that might not be obvious to many people who want to try blue-red. The power of multicolored cards is also a bit higher than what's "safe" here.

2012-09-08 00:49:44: Shiny_Umbreon edited Explosive Mistake
2012-09-16 17:18:40: Shiny_Umbreon edited Explosive Mistake
2012-10-01 01:10:19: Shiny_Umbreon edited Explosive Mistake
2013-04-28 18:01:30: Shiny_Umbreon edited Explosive Mistake
2013-09-20 23:18:10: Shiny_Umbreon edited Explosive Mistake

To adjust the card in power, this became a choose one, with a less intensive cost and a cheaper flashback cost. It's still pretty good.

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