Flash is what really makes this card, otherwise it would suck.
Kryptnyt
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
A powerful card, with... intangible flavor. How does the snake counter the spell? Because he's... mystic?
Kirbster
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(5 votes)
A 2/2 with flash for two mana is pretty solid. It's been supposedly proven that two mana for a counterspell is too good. Put them together, and how could that possibly be bad?
Maybe he's not "gud enuf" at four mana, but he was often a free 2/2 counterspell in tandem with Hunting Grounds.
PolskiSuzeren
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(4 votes)
If it didn't have flash, it would be utterly pointless to play. You would HAVE to cheat it into play to get any kind of effect, and then yeah. just play better cards if you're going to build around them.
blindthrall
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(3 votes)
He bites the spell. Pretty obvious. Or maybe it's just hard to concentrate with a huge snake behind you.
MasterOfEtherium
★★☆☆☆ (2.3/5.0)(3 votes)
Mystic Stylez! Three Six Mafia 666
infernox10
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
@Saigmundur
If it didn't have flash, the card wouldn't make sense.
Huffytreefolkman
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
the heart of all blue green snake decks.
JFM2796
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
There was a mega cycle of rare, multicolored counterspells in the Invasion block. This, Absorb, Undermine, and Suffocating Blast.
Jannissary
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
It counters a spell by having a snake come out of nowhere and bite you in the arm. If that doesn't make you stop what you're doing, you aren't human.
majinara
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I think that some people don't quite understand the card. The 2/2 body by itself is not what matters. What matters is that it's a creature at all. Which means it can be easily reanimated, bounced to hand and replayed, flickered in and out of play and so on. Or, to put it into other words: it's not only a hard counter. It can not only kill players, creatures, planeswalkers and protect you. It can also lock down an opponent easily with lots of combos. And it is pure card advantage. Combine all that with a very powerful color combination and give it a fine mana cost, and you have an awesome card.
So if you complain about it only beeing 2/2, then you didn't understand it. :) And you never played against an opponent who really used this card.
pedrodyl
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(2 votes)
Sweet Simic-y goodness.
Mata-nui3
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Play with Deadeye Navigator. Counter all the spells!
BryceCarmony
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I love the Flavor of the art , the reason the spell was canceled is a snake dropped from a tree and ate the @#$@ of was casting something.
5/5 great flavor on a powerful card that isn't broken
MCcreator
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Momir Vig approved.
Pongdok
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Don't resist the urge to say "Sssssssurprise!" 5/5
Comments (20)
Maybe he's not "gud enuf" at four mana, but he was often a free 2/2 counterspell in tandem with Hunting Grounds.
If it didn't have flash, the card wouldn't make sense.
So if you complain about it only beeing 2/2, then you didn't understand it. :) And you never played against an opponent who really used this card.
Counter all the spells!
5/5 great flavor on a powerful card that isn't broken