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Mana Leakcounterspell$0.45A classic tax counterspell that can function as efficient soft permission early, similar to Whirlwind Denial’s disruptive tempo role.Censorcounterspell$0.22Counters a spell unless its controller pays {1}, giving you a similar tempo-oriented interactive role at a lower upfront cost.Force Spikecounterspell$6.17Very cheap tax countermagic that can punish opponents in the early game, overlapping with Whirlwind Denial’s tempo-denial function.Drown in the Lochcounterspell$2.89A flexible counterspell that can counter key spells efficiently once the graveyards are developed, serving a similar reactive blue control role.Arcane Denialcounterspell$2.53A broadly playable 2-mana counterspell that trades card advantage for flexibility, fitting the same interactive instant-speed permission slot.Counterspellcounterspell$0.98The most efficient unconditional counterspell in blue, serving the same core purpose of stopping opposing spells on the stack.Negatecounterspell$0.54A clean, efficient answer to noncreature spells, useful in the same blue disruption suite as Whirlwind Denial.Delaycounterspell$1.50A tempo counter that exiles a spell and makes it come back later, echoing the taxing, disruptive feel of Whirlwind Denial.
