This card seems to lose some of its potential becuse by the time its storm ability would be effective you would have already let the other player play a ton of spells. Plus with its mana cost it seems like it might hold up space in your hand.
person1234
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(5 votes)
This card was one of only a few ways to effectively counter a storm spell. Since you're guaranteed to have more Hindering Touch copies on the stack than whatever storm spell they casted. Of course this is expensive to play and wasn't very useful.
GradiustheFox
★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5.0)(1 vote)
What a strange place to put Storm. The intent seems to be mass-countering of spells, but something tells me the flow of battle wouldn't allow that to work.
Andon_A
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
The great part about this is that you can let them get a bunch of mana via stuff like Harrow or whatever and then counter the big nasty that comes in, as you can target it with all of them.
At the very least, they have to pay an extra 4 for whatever spell you're countering.
Vedalken_Arbiter
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Probably better of just using Swift Silence in any case.
Havens
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I like it because even if you only use it to counter one spell, what it would basically read is:
"counter target spell unless its controller pays 4"
Kryptnyt
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Also, its resilient against enemy counters. They must counter each copy of this spell if they can't afford to pay the cost.
channelblaze
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Lol, no tendrils for you =)
djflo
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Seems a precursor to, and much inferior generally, to Mindbreak Trap.
Atali
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
It is inferior to Mindbreak Trap, though comparing a common to a mythic is hardly fair. It's a niche counterspell, extremely effective against other storm spells or against decks that use mana generating spells (Dark Ritual, Seething Song etc). All in all, a very fine common counterspell for the environment in which it was printed, but too specific for much use outside of it.
pigknight
★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Bad touch! No go tell!
DarthParallax
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(2 votes)
this card is better than Mindbreak Trap. Mindbreak Trap is for people who are too lazy to think. This card, after thinking a bit, is perfectly good at what it does, and doesnt need more power. people talk about power creeping up because the cards are unbeatable. nothings unbeatable. Time Vault, Black Lotus, and Library of Alexandria are all beatable. im worried about brain creeping down.
BattleFish
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
The storm effect is nice against other storm decks similar to mindbreak trap. Yet mindbreak trap can be easily countered since it is a single spell. While this is a storm effect and a little harder to counter. Since most storm decks would be using counter spells and a single mindbreak trap can be stopped easily by a force of will.
Bowshewicz
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
The only situation in which I'd prefer this to Mindbreak Trap is while playing with a storm deck myself. The fact that this card has since been muscled out aside, Hindering Touch is one of my favorite counterspells.
NoobOfLore
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Dragonstorm: You have met your ma-- No wait, you already killed me. Scumbling: Mindbreak is a mythic rare. This is a common. Fun fact: Not everybody wants to spend upwards of 10 dollars to get a playset of mythic rares.
Still a valid sideboard choice against a storm deck, if your light on blue mana. Go with Mindbreak Trap if you can afford the heavier blue cost and the extra $$$
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At the very least, they have to pay an extra 4 for whatever spell you're countering.
"counter target spell unless its controller pays 4"
They must counter each copy of this spell if they can't afford to pay the cost.
All in all, a very fine common counterspell for the environment in which it was printed, but too specific for much use outside of it.
The fact that this card has since been muscled out aside, Hindering Touch is one of my favorite counterspells.
No wait, you already killed me.
Scumbling:
Mindbreak is a mythic rare. This is a common.
Fun fact: Not everybody wants to spend upwards of 10 dollars to get a playset of mythic rares.