White's Planeshifted cards give it a huge advantage. (Sunlance, anyone?)
Tommy9898
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(8 votes)
I mana tithed a Cryptic command in a big tournament once, then swung for the the win. Man was that guy livid. >:D
gongshowninja
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(4 votes)
I did the same thing! Some guy tried to counter my Akroma with a Cryptic, and got owned by my Mana Tithe. Akroma killed him after she got to resolve. I don't like blue, normally preferring to play cards on my turn, but it's funny to use a white counterspell against a blue deck.
kronos539
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(8 votes)
White counterspells, people!! This, Dawn Charm, Orim's Chant, Silence, amazing control for white (comparatively). Try to fit this in almost every white deck I even contemplate. very welcome sight in the first draw. 5 stars!
Evermint
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(16 votes)
This card gets a 5 just because of the looks you see on people's faces.
non1337
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(7 votes)
Now this is really insane, obviously vintage material.
BlackAlbino
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(3 votes)
It's a decent WHITE counter! Why isn't this at least 4/5!?
Polychromatic
★☆☆☆☆ (1.5/5.0)(2 votes)
I love this card. Planar Chaos and Future Sight are two of my favorite sets, ever, just because they *** people off and drop jaws with cards like this.
Axelle
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(5 votes)
People usually consider spells more powerful when they're off color, like Brute Force.
Clearly people didn't think so this time.
Eved
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(5 votes)
The card may be a planeshifted version of Force Spike, but the art thinks it's supposed to be Balance of Power.
Deepfried-Owls
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This set did a great job of mixing up aspects unique to certain colors. Great card all around, especially early on.
Fumble up all your enemies combos and 0-1 drops.
endersblade
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0)(3 votes)
I absolutely love this card. Nobody ever expects it.
ChaosK
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(3 votes)
Although i love playing white and cant understand all the stupid hate against the color, i truly dont get the flavor of this card.
I know its planar chaos and its justified mechanic-wise by whites balancing and taxing site (see art and flavor text) but i still dont understand what this card is doing in a battle setting. Is it like "hey you necromancer, you dont want to summon a demon do you? the tax on demon summoning is 250 dollar - *hands over ticket*"
In modern, this is one of the most effecient counters. I have to splash white for this thing, else run a sub optimal deck. I hope they reprint force spike soon.
use643
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
good turn one or turn two spell
DarthParallax
★☆☆☆☆ (1.2/5.0)(2 votes)
Kaalia has a counter?...KAALIA HAS A COUNTER?! .... Kaalia...has a counter....:D
'Rhystic' counters may not be so good in Commander, but in a fast beatdown deck, hey it could work?
KarmasPayment
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(6 votes)
"...'Rhystic' counters may not be so good in Commander, but in a fast beatdown deck, hey it could work?" ~ DarthParallax
Taxing counters are hilarious in EDH, you don't know how often I've cast this in response to a Genesis Wave for 24. People always tap out in EDH, no one expects taxing counters!
SyntheticDreamer
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Modern sideboard staple in any deck that runs white.
BongRipper420
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I love the concept of this card, so I picked up a few. After running it however, I realized the issues this card has can sometimes outweigh the benefits rather heavily. A few of which include;
1) For starters, this card is only good in your opening hand or within your first few draws. After turn 4 or so, it becomes a dead draw very quickly. 2) It's hard to find a balance of how many copies of this to run. Because it's only useful in the very early game, you want to run enough that you have it when it matters, but run too much and you top deck it in the late game after it becomes useless, and in the kind of control deck that runs this, there will be a late game usually.
That being said, this card can easily win you the game when it gets proper use. Anything your opponent taps out to play is likely important, and this makes sure they don't get to play it.
Also, a part of me really would like to test this out in a weenie deck. I feel like it could prove effective there, because there isn't much more than the early game, and your opponent practically has to tap out to keep up with you. Yeah, that turn 4 wrath? Isn't happening.
So in conclusion, this card is pure awesome... Until turn 5.
tokrazy
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Was playing a cube once and I tapped out to play Brion Stoutarm on turn four. My opponent had a white untapped so I thought I was safe. NOPE. I went and bought two playsets after.
LordRandomness
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I had a hilarious game of Commander where some blue deck managed to cast Enter the Infinite and Laboratory Maniac. He cantripped once...then I countered the second cantrip with this. Someone killed the maniac and he lost next turn. He's going to put SOMEthing in the deck that stops this (I mean c'mon, he drew the whole thing) but it was still hilarious.
This is an awesome card because if you use it at the right time you can completely ruin someone's plans! One mana may not look like a lot, but if your opponent wants to play a combo that required all their mana, or all their mana + the mana for some way to protect the previous spell (a counterspell buff etc.) this can completely ruin such plans. I would HATE for this card to be played on me if I was forced to play a certain card in order to prevent losing, especially if it made me chose which way I wanted my plans to fail.
kiseki
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
"Tell a man about Mana Tithe, and he’ll be scared of your untapped plains for a day. Show a man a Mana Tithe in a game and you’ll teach him to be scared of your untapped Plains for the rest of his life." - Gavin Verhey (Writer of Re-Constructed)
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Clearly people didn't think so this time.
Fumble up all your enemies combos and 0-1 drops.
I know its planar chaos and its justified mechanic-wise by whites balancing and taxing site (see art and flavor text) but i still dont understand what this card is doing in a battle setting. Is it like "hey you necromancer, you dont want to summon a demon do you? the tax on demon summoning is 250 dollar - *hands over ticket*"
....
Kaalia...has a counter....:D
'Rhystic' counters may not be so good in Commander, but in a fast beatdown deck, hey it could work?
~ DarthParallax
Taxing counters are hilarious in EDH, you don't know how often I've cast this in response to a Genesis Wave for 24. People always tap out in EDH, no one expects taxing counters!
1) For starters, this card is only good in your opening hand or within your first few draws. After turn 4 or so, it becomes a dead draw very quickly.
2) It's hard to find a balance of how many copies of this to run. Because it's only useful in the very early game, you want to run enough that you have it when it matters, but run too much and you top deck it in the late game after it becomes useless, and in the kind of control deck that runs this, there will be a late game usually.
That being said, this card can easily win you the game when it gets proper use. Anything your opponent taps out to play is likely important, and this makes sure they don't get to play it.
Also, a part of me really would like to test this out in a weenie deck. I feel like it could prove effective there, because there isn't much more than the early game, and your opponent practically has to tap out to keep up with you. Yeah, that turn 4 wrath? Isn't happening.
So in conclusion, this card is pure awesome... Until turn 5.