Magic: The Gathering Decks

Forbidden Opposition

deck colours: Blue
deck list:                                   
Forbidden Opposition Deck
Size: 60 Cards
Lands-20
20x Islands

Creatures-2
2x Blind Seer (Change Colour of Spells & Permanents)

Spells/Enchantments/Artifacts-38
4x Counterspell (Counterspell)-7th Edition
4x Quash (Counterspell)-Urza's Destiny
2x Envelop (Counterspell)-Judgement
2x Gainsay (Counterspell)-Plainshift
2x Jaded Response (Counterspell)-Apocalypse
2x Remove Soul (Counterspell)-7th Edition
2x Thwart (Counterspell)-Mercadian Masques
2x Douse (Enchantment)-Urza's Saga
2x Discombobulate (Counterspell)-Onslaught
2x Arcane Laboratory (Enchantment)-7th Edition
2x Rewind (Counterspell)-Urza's Saga
2x Library of Leng (Artifact)-5th Edition
2x Control Magic (Enchant Creature)-4th Edition
2x Dominate (Steal Creature)-Nemesis
2x Reminisce (Return Graveyard)-Onslaught
4x Forbid (Counterspell)-Exodus

SideBoard
2x Capsize (Return Permanents, Cheap with Gilded Drake)-Tempest
4x Island
1x Grindstone (Artifact, de-deck your opponents, and almost always kills mono-decks)-Tempest
3x Gilded Drake (Steal Creatures)-Urza's Saga
3x Rainbow Efreet (Main Offence)-Visions
1x Memory Crystal (Cheaper Buyback Costs)-Exodus
1x Lotus Vale (Really Fast Mana, if you can afford it, if not, make it 5 Islands)-Weatherlight

This deck is designed for countering ultra-evil decks. I have a friend who decided to use the Psychatog strategy 
(using uplift, floating mana, and then pumping up his Psychatog to a 20/21) and kill everyone he and I knew. Well, 
it worked for a while let me tell you. I was ready to stop playing Magic, because I could never win against his 
supposedly perfect deck. I searched everywhere for great creatures, and burnt like $100 on really rare creatures. 
Well, as it turned out, he was still able to kill me. So I turned to good ol blue for help. With its thousands of
counterspells, I was able to destroy him in one fell swoop! But then, I realized, that this deck was not only good 
against him, but everyone else as well! Additions were made, and over the course of two months I moulded the deck 
into what you see here. Use the many counterspells included to stall you opponent, especially Quash, for you can 
remove every single type of the card you countered from the game. Should your opponent manage to get powerful creatures out,
steal them with gilded drake, and then return it to your hand with Capsize. The Blind Seer is deadly with Douse. Though it 
may cost 4 mana, you can use the Seer's Ability and change the colour of a spell to red, and then counter it with Douse. 
This provides unlimited counters, and since they are abilities, they can't be countered. Rainbow Efreet is your main 
offence, being able to phase out when the going gets rough (i.e. a Wrath of God), if you can't win with it, deck your 
opponent with Grindstone. Also, should you somehow run out of counterspells, simply shuffle your graveyard into your 
deck with Reminisce. By the way, try and keep Library of Leng out for as long as possible. It enhances the Buyback 
abilities of Forbid (nothing), and can put a black discard deck out of commission.

submitted by Evan Kopiak

12/07/2002