The original card had "you draw two cards and lose two life", "destroy target creature," and "cast a spell without paying its mana cost." The last ability was both too powerful and not really black (black could cast a spell out of a graveyard)
Counter Blitz is the Final Fantasy 10 deck, and based on the game's sphere grid, which translates to Magic in the form of +1/+1 counters
Nothing is as quintessentially celebratory of all things fantasy as this awesome Magic: The Gathering - The Lord of The Rings: Tales of Middle-Earth Special Edition Collector booster box, which brings familiar Tolkien tropes and touchstones into the MTG world
It's strong in most mono-Black decks, blink decks looking for lands, ramp decks looking for more ways to ramp out lands in the creature base and midrange decks that have loads of card advantage ETB dorks like this to use and abuse
I might just be speaking for myself, but I find it a lot of fun to sit back and allow everyone to do their own thing before swooping in with a big swing in my favor
