[Single Card Discussion] Disrupting Shoal

[Willoe]

CardName: Disrupting Shoal
Cost: XUU
Type: Instant - Arcane
Pow/Tgh: /
Rules Text: You may remove a blue card with converted mana cost X in your hand from the game rather than pay Disrupting Shoal's mana cost. Counter target spell if its converted mana cost is X.
Set/Rarity: Betrayers of Kamigawa Rare

I just wanted to hear, since most legacy decks only play with cc1 cc2 and a few cc3, can't this card be good in some decks?

I know it's not even comparable to FoW, but is it playable in decks with a good curve? Could it be suited in countertop decks?

Flame on!

[Ch@os]

In some older Landstill Lists the card fits in, U/W/R or something.

[b4r0n]

Could it be suited in countertop decks?

It's funny you say that, because some Thresh lists used to run a singleton Shoal or two quite a while ago. That said, it seems unnecessary now, since Force and Daze are better pitch counters, and Counterbalance fills a very similar role, except it does a better job. It's not often that you'll need more than Force, Daze, and Counterbalance, but if you do, I supposed Disrupting Shoal could be a potential option.

[Willoe]

Just thought it could be poor man's FoW :-) It's also nice that it can actually be hardcasted (well, FoW can do that at 5 mana) to counter i.e. a nought or a stifle at turn 3. normally, stifle would be the best target of course :P