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Mana Leakremoval$0.45A classic 2-mana soft counterspell that taxes the opponent unless they pay 3. It fills the same tempo-control role as a cheap conditional counter.Censorremoval$0.22A flexible 2-mana counter that taxes the opponent unless they pay 1, with cycling when it is no longer useful. It plays similarly as early interaction that can scale into a cantrip later.Spell Pierceremoval$0.29A very cheap counterspell that taxes noncreature spells unless the controller pays 2. It serves the same early-game nuisance/counter role for protecting tempo.Force Spikeremoval$6.17A one-mana soft counter that punishes opponents for tapping out. It is a budget-friendly tempo piece with a similar tax-based permission role.Miscastremoval$6.32A low-cost counterspell that taxes only instants and sorceries, often hitting key interaction or combo pieces. It is similar as a cheap permission spell with an explicit payment tax.Dazeremoval$1.75A free conditional counter that functions as tempo protection by taxing the opponent with a bounce cost. It overlaps with cheap interactive permission while being stronger in the right shell.Remandremoval$0.80A 2-mana tempo counter that delays a spell and replaces itself. It is a stronger card-advantage version of cheap permission in the same blue tempo space.Unsubstantiateutility$0.28A flexible tempo answer that can either bounce a spell or a creature. While not a true counterspell, it performs a similar disruptive role at the same mana cost.
