The First Person to Ever Have a Spell Countered

The first person in Magic: the Gathering history to have a spell countered.

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Filmed on iPhone.

[jari]

"Ok so I buy the cards, I shuffle the cards, and then I place the cards directly into my graveyard"
Dredge players: yes

[scorpo]

fun fact the mana cost for original counterspell was supposed to symbolize tears.

[brandongalvan]

Casual players: "Let's have a fun game!"
Blue players: "I'm going to counter that."

[PlagueOfWasps]

“But this is a monster, not a spell!”

“Yeah, so in Magic, everything is a spell…”
-how at least 20% of YuGiOh players began their careers

[StevenvanDoorn]

When he said "that feels pretty on par with my healing salve" I felt that.

[vesselthanatos]

i love how this man basically got his friend into magic just to counterspell him, that is the ultimate blue player

[aarontanco]

I remember I was blown away by counterspell. “You mean it stops everything?”

[grahamoliver]

"I cast mana drain"
"Let me guess, my shivan dragon goes to the graveyard again?"
"Yup and i get mana to cast my own shivan dragon"

[TheDragonlordfire]

The stinger at the end "This game is still pretty fun somehow" hit hard.

[tallynnyntyg]

"I cry."
"I cast Counterspell."
"I weep."
"Counterspell."
"I concede."
"Counterspell."

[christopherlundgren]

You left out the part where he dies to multiple Serra Angel hits and loses his third Shivan Dragon to the ante.

[Lightning_Lance]

I love how he's sitting with his back to the mirror so his opponent can read all his cards 😅

[libertyvegan]

In 96 my best friend combined the shivans and counterspells. He played blue/red and it was unbeatable, it was horrible.

[OmneAurumNon]

You missed:
"Well at least I get my enter the battlefield ability" and "but it's not a spell it's a creature"

[carlhannah]

"That feels pretty on par with my healing salve" is one of the best lines in a channel full of great lines.

[jacobd]

I can’t wait for the sequel, “the first player to have a card discarded.”

[grumblingtag]

My first reaction to getting countered was "Do I atleast get the mana back? No? But I... why would... I spent so much... *Long sigh*"

[shuo-enhsu]

This is literally me crying out “it’s not fair!” toward my cousin, who taught me magic and countered my spell when I was 12.

[MrFlackle]

Timmy: please don't counter my card! spike: I counter your card. johnny: please counter my card the grave is where I want it

[dextervepps]

And this is why I teach magic in 5 steps in 5 games, with introducing counterspells as the last step.