Counterspell3
v0.2 change
Instant
Counter target spell on the stack. It has no effect and its cost is not refunded.
“Not this hand.”
Cast with J, Q or K · Your turn or in response01/11
Poker meets magic
No-Limit Texas Hold’em with a deck of spells. Your hole cards are your mana, so every hand is a puzzle.
Normal No-Limit Hold’em: blinds, flop, turn, river, showdown. Two hole cards, five on the board.
Your hole cards are your mana. Drag a spell onto a card or a player, and pay for it in chips.
Spells wait on the stack: answer with a Counterspell, or watch your Pacifism get countered.
A colored spell needs one hole card of its color. Giant Growth can even turn a 9 into a Queen, and a Queen gives you Blue.
Look at their cards. Make them discard.
Burn a community card. Steal a hole card.
Shut an opponent down. Wipe the board.
Grow a card. End the betting round.
Counter a spell. Rearrange the deck.
Plus Sol Ring, which needs no color at all.