For Challenge # 038

For I wanted something that would often be comparable to cancel, but that could be played around under the right circumstances. I considered a lot of alternatives (bouncing untapped creatures, bouncing lands), but stuck with this.

I'm not sure if it's balanced quite right. This is good against decks that rely on one giant creature. And obviously good against decks in the early game, except that it costs 3, when they hopefully have some chance to get a creature down (and if not, it's still probably trading for a card of comparable cost).

It's a shame that it can't easily bounce creatures during combat, but I guess that's ok.

Bounce two creatures unless they let you counter target spell... yeah, that seems sane.

It's very nicely usable against combat trick decks. I like that; though it's a bit pricey for a very very conditional trick.

Mmm. Yes, this seems costed about right.

Wow, I rarely get people saying that to me :)

Ha! I have to admit that the cost is right, even when the caster uses the conditional counter on himself. "Pay and discard this and an additional card to return two creatures you control to your hand" may be a cute trick, but it ain't breaking anything.