If only you were allowed to sac multiple permanents.
Pontiac
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(6 votes)
Why would anyone want to sac their Storm Crow? You've already got the win on the table!
marchingent
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
This card is a trap while you have only 1 island untapped and your opponent thinks you are unable to counter a spell. There are several choices of blue permanents that have leaving play triggered ablilities. As Qazior stated Hatching Plans is a great one. Floodgate is another.
tavaritz
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(5 votes)
No opponent will think you cannot counter with one blue mana open in a format where this is allowed.
It may require a sacrifice, but a one drop hard counter is nothing to scoff at. This can be really easily utilized well, and in the right deck the drawback can be turned into an advantage. Plus, as has been mentioned before, the psychology of this card is one of it's best traits. That fear an opponent has when looking at two untapped blue lands can now exist when there's only one, which is a big advantage for the blue player.
Aquillion
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I like how the card's quote has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with its name or effect.
The Weatherlight saga and the whole way they built a set around it was so stupid it still hurts today. Its hackneyed plot and characters would have been an embarrassment even in a tie-in novel, but to put them on the cards? Ugh.
jfuite
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
In a Talrand, Sky Summoner deck, this produces its own blue drake. Strong single cost counter.
Travelsonic
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
+ sac a blue permanent to hard counter a spell. Not the worst at all - good in a quick fix definitely.
LordRandomness
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
marchingent and Qazior have covered two options, Reality Acid is a third.
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The Weatherlight saga and the whole way they built a set around it was so stupid it still hurts today. Its hackneyed plot and characters would have been an embarrassment even in a tie-in novel, but to put them on the cards? Ugh.