Actually, blue lost it's counterpart to those spells, Ancestral Recall, a long, long time ago. And IMHO, it's not the counterspells that make blue so damn powerful - it's the card drawing spells and "dig" effects, like Impulse.
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Well, that would be my play regardless of what EB plays, since I need to dump that card anyways, and I won't be online again for a while, so just consider that my play for the round.
Sorry...
I may need a refresher on the rules though. I did sort of pay attention when you guys played last time, but just to make sure can we go over them again?