mtg counterspell cards Legal in Standard, Rules Text: Counter target, 54 Counter target spell. Counterspell - Through the Omenpaths

Number 4: Abrupt Decay (Return to Ravnica) Abrupt Decay is a cheap, but strong removal and is played all over the board

Abzan N/A Jeskai 1

Plus, you can repeat the ability any time you attack

It also has background, which means you can tap into white to take advantage of all the many other party and adventure cards in the color combination

It destroys anything at instant speed for three mana save for lands and just leaves them 1/1 grounded Human in exchange

If youre not familiar with the Creature type, nearly every single Hydra comes in with a bunch of +1/+1 counters on it, so it sort of belongs here, though youre more likely building a tribal deck with them, we did feel they deserved a shout out