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E Tutor, although being a MM target (what isn't nowadays though), fights off Hymn quite well. It also runs a high number of basic lands, furthering combatting the popular BUG Team America decks out...

So.... Thopters? Creature-less CounterTop build that runs Ensnaring Bridge + Vedalken Shackles, plus a smattering of bombs in Humility, etc.

My comment was in response to your claim that MM helps us protecting our creatures better than CounterTop does, to which I strongly disagree.

I too thought that CounterTop would rise in power due to MM > Aether Vial, until I realized that Goblins already saw little play pre-MM, Zoo was seeing less and less play pre-MM, and Merfolk runs MM...

CounterTop already crushed combo pre-MM, so the addition of an additional 4 1cc spells isn't that big of a boon. Also, if you're actually casting spells (Spell Snare as you suggested) in order to...

Even with MM in the format (which we also run), I wouldn't cut Grim Lavamancer. Merfolk and dedicated control decks seem to be on the rise, and Grim Lavamancer is a perfect foil to alot of their...

Well, in Bant builds, you're looking at 4 MM, 4 StP, 4 Top, 4 Brainstorm, and 4 Noble Hierarch. 20 1cc cards is about 4 too many.

In Thopter builds, you're looking at 4 MM, 4 StP, 4 Top, 4...

That's the main problem I've come across with CounterTop decks right now; too many 1 drops. I've pretty much given up on CounterTop of any stripe (Thopters, Bant, Supreme Blue, etc) due to the fact...

Lavamancer is pretty nice versus a lot of random rogue stuff out there too, in addition to being a boon against tribal aggro decks (this is all assuming you stuck him turn 1 off a fetchland and have...

Those lists that ran Firespout as a 2-of also ran 1 EE (which Trinket Mage tutors for) to act as a third sweeper, so I that's something to keep in mind. The decks that run Clique instead of Trinket...

I agree. Anytime Aether Vial is a major player in the meta, blue-based control/aggro-control decks will ultimately suffer (unless you happen to be Merfolk). Counter-Top doesn't take as big of a hit...

Vial decks typically need 20+ creatures, with a proper distribution along the mana curve I might add, in order to effectively use Aether Vial. Goblins, Merfolk, Junk & Taxes, etc. CounterTop decks...

Did Jace push CB decks overthe edge towards a more controllish approach? Because like I said (and decklists from previous years validate this), for the longest time, Daze was a staple. Then, it...

For the longest time, 4 Daze was pretty standard in CounterTop decks. Spell Snare and Counterspell were available then, and they weren't played, or if they were, Daze was still present. I'm just...

For those running the 2 Spell Snare/2 Counterspell config instead of 4 Daze, why the switch?

Just picked up my playset of Tundra, so I now can enjoy the UWGr CounterTop piloting that others have up to this point. A few things I've observed in preparation of dropping 300 on the playset:
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It appears as though Pro-Bant CounterTop decks have completely replaced Baseruption (Gabriel Nassif's 2009 list). Is that pretty accurate?