Counterspell
World Championship Decks 1997 pm77 • common
- Set
- World Championship Decks 1997
- Collector number
- pm77
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- blue mana blue mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Hannibal King
- Finish
- Gold
What it does
Counter target spell.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Counterspell from the 1997 World Championship Decks was released as part of a series designed to allow players to replicate the strategies used by top competitors at the 1997 Magic: The Gathering World Championship. These decks were printed with gold-bordered backs and signatures of the players on the cards, making them ineligible for standard tournament play but highly valued as commemorative artifacts of competitive history.
The card features the iconic artwork by Mark Poole, first introduced in the Alpha set. Poole’s design depicts a wizard gesturing to deflect a spell, an aesthetic that became synonymous with blue's control identity in the game's early years. Within the 1997 championship context, the inclusion of Counterspell highlighted its fundamental role in the 'Pros-Bloom' and other control-heavy archetypes that defined the high-level competitive environment of that era.
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