counter or not, that is the question

gingko · Joined: 20 Oct 2007 Posts: 3

Would you play some counters on a merfolk drafted deck?

Jacois · Joined: 05 Sep 2004 Posts: 437

Spyx · Joined: 31 Oct 2004 Posts: 821

counters are a nice way to deal with their bombs

Conkisstador · Joined: 08 Sep 2004 Posts: 255

fish are cheap and efficient creatures. slowly u can play them out of a game by islandwalking or lifegain or whatever. there's a difference within fish decks tho...

if you are aggro with all the islandwalkers and change-their-land spells... then its not as important. if you are summon the school/judge of currents or whatever... you are creating a loop they cant fight trhrough and counters will stop their final revels and whatnot.

make sure that you use counters only for a turn 2/3 "jump way ahead of you" card or bombs. dont broken ambitions a briarhorn just cuz u can. chances are its not affecting the gamestate enough for them to catch up. save it for real ttrouble.

Vesuvian · Joined: 18 Dec 2005 Posts: 30

In some formats counters are too slow and are not good, such as in Time Spiral cancel wasn't great. In Lorwyn however there are decks where they can be good.

EMA · Joined: 15 Feb 2007 Posts: 5

Definitely yes. Most merfolk limited decks tend to lose to mass removal more than other archetypes (lots of 1 toughnes dudes) and counters are the best answer to them.

Avata · Joined: 03 Dec 2006 Posts: 372

Its worth it to run them, especially if you've dipped into faeries and have plenty of guys with flash.

gingko · Joined: 20 Oct 2007 Posts: 3

Thanks to everyone for your answers. I didn't play them at last, I played:

17 lands
17 creatures
2 Glimmerdust nap
1 Neck snap
1 Oblivion Ring
1 Arquitect's will
1 Pollen Lullaby

I thought it was good playing Arquitect's Will because I had 2 Merrow Harbinger, 2 Streambed Arquitects and 1 Inkfathom Riders. I didn't know what to take off to put on the counters.

lennin · Guest

mayb a creature thats bad

Avata · Joined: 03 Dec 2006 Posts: 372

lennin · Guest

i do it on purpose

Maltabus · Joined: 10 Jan 2005 Posts: 53

lennin is, to the best of my knowledge and experience, almost down to Sarcastic_Rat level of insipidity. Trolls get angry when you call him one.