Spell Queller

White's Counterplay

could mono-white get a permanent like Spell Queller which temporarily "counters" a spell until the permanent is removed?

White can do proactive “countering” where you name a card a la Meddling Mage and keep it from being cast.

Cast Meddling Mage Spell Queller White

Counterspell and Creatures

I don't think you answered why it was ok for reflector mage/spell queller to perform like this counter scenario you were so worried about? it's not as if removal or counter spells are doing much at the moment. Yet your new "spells weak/push creatures" ethos doesn't bat an eyelid at putting strong spell effects onto creatures. Do you honestly think the meta called for more reflector mage style play? or that Bant needed help?

Two things:1) It’s not that we are unwilling to have any tournament level cards that counter spells. We just want to be careful of individual power level and total volume of counterspells in Standard.2) Once upon a time, noncreature spells were very powerful and creature spells were weak. We’ve spent many years getting them to an equal power level. Creatures aren’t better than noncreature spells, it just perceptually seems that way to people used to how Magic worked many years ago.

Bant Bant (W/U/G) Bat Creatures Once Upon a Time Power Level Reflector Mage Spell Queller Spells Standard The Moment

Reflector Mage Context

you say:"We have no attention of returning to “Draw, Go” type of control decks where your opponent gets to do nothing because (almost) everything is countered." But then you have reflector mage and spell queller in standard that doe the same thing.

We want to have some counterspelling. Control decks are a thing we like to support. What we don’t support is a deck that does nothing but counterspelling where the goal of the deck is to keep the opponent from ever casting spells.

Keyword Actions Reflector Mage Spell Queller Spells Standard

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