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The cheapest Counterspell, by the by, is 1.49 for comparison

That might be what breaks this card in counters decks, even with all of the other versions of this effect available

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A common example here is you and your co-conspirator smashing creatures into each other when one of you have Grave Pact or Dictate of Erebos and someone else has a single, scary creature, like a Voltroned-up commander

Though graveyard hate is more accessible today than it was in the past, the potential power for upgrades on this deck are extremely strong

For additions, Faerie ImpostorFaerie Impostor and Old FlitterfangOld Flitterfang help a little bit with the sacrifice goal and stay in our Faerie typal theme