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Mana Drainremoval$216.31Premier blue counterspell that cleanly answers any spell and can generate extra mana, making it a powerful strict upgrade in many decks.Counterspellremoval$0.98The baseline unconditional two-mana counterspell in blue, matching the same core function with a much lower cost.Arcane Denialremoval$2.53Efficient unconditional counterspell with a slightly different drawback, commonly used as a budget-friendly functional equivalent.Negateremoval$0.54Counters noncreature spells, which overlaps strongly with Brush Off's discounted mode against instant and sorcery spells.Essence ScatterremovalBudget$0.05Another efficient two-mana counterspell variant, useful when the metagame has many creatures rather than stack-based decks.Swan Songremoval$10.41Very efficient interaction for instants and sorceries, enchantments, and one-mana cards, often functioning as a premium cheap answer.Dissolveremoval$0.16Same general role as a hard counter in blue, with scry providing a small upgrade in card quality over a baseline counter.Excluderemoval$0.13Counters a creature spell while replacing itself, similar in being a tempo-positive blue interaction spell at instant speed.
