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CardName: Spelltapper Cost: {1}{U} Type: Creature - Wizard Pow/Tgh: 1/1 Rules Text: Whenever a spell is countered, you may gain 5 life. Flavour Text: You have to bottle it quick, or the syrup attracts... Well, you have to bottle it quick, that's all. Set/Rarity: Community Mashup Set Uncommon |
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Lifetap + Spell Extortion
Old-school colour hosing, as blue life-gain. And an interesting Force Spike/Mana Leak variant.
So, some kind of blue-lifegain-counterspell?
Oh, I know. Let's just improve all counterspells - Absorb style.
My first instinct was that 5 life was the right amount - but I think other people hate big stalls, so I reduced it to 2. A small, worthwhile benefit; but not big enough to really win the game for you on its own.
Reminds me of Multani's Presence. More like Lullmage Mentor really, though. I don't think 2 life is very much reward, especially as Wizards recently stated they're deliberately keeping the number of tournament-playable counterspells low so that "7 counters.dek" is more likely than "23 counters.dek". I guess you might have a point for casual, but... I'd imagine a really heavy countermagic deck wouldn't want to spend slots on this... I think the life bonus could go higher.
Fair enough, whack it back up to 'exciting'