CardName: Knowledge Burst
Cost: 1uu
Type: Instant
Pow/Tgh: /
Rules Text: Counter target spell.
Knowledge Burst cost {1} less to cast if you control three
or more Shrines.
Flavour Text:
Set/Rarity: Iscandar Lives Common
Knowledge Burst
C
Instant
Counter target spell.
Knowledge Burst cost less to cast if you control three or more Shrines.
This is very similar to Stoic Rebuttal, which was also strictly better than Cancel. It didn't really warp anything and I doubt this will either (especially as it's hard to have three Shrines while also having double ).
Cancel is the baseline, but Wizards are happy to be strictly better than it from time to time. Dissipate was recently reprinted on that principle too.
Agh! Affinity! Burn it! Burn it!
Being serious; this is a VERY good Counterspell variant, strictly better than Cancel and making it common will seriously warp drafts.
I love it. But others will scream loudly.
This is very similar to Stoic Rebuttal, which was also strictly better than Cancel. It didn't really warp anything and I doubt this will either (especially as it's hard to have three Shrines while also having double
).
Cancel is the baseline, but Wizards are happy to be strictly better than it from time to time. Dissipate was recently reprinted on that principle too.