[Deck] Faerie Stompy

[Kuma]

I agree that 100% Magic players hate their spells to be countered and countering a spell is always effective. However, the statement alters if you have to remove a Mage/Efreet/Drake/Drifter/Pestermite/Sower from the game.

Which is why you don't Force spot removal unless you really, really need the tempo.

Usually you're forcing mass removal, counterspells on Chalice, big beaters like goyf or Dreadnought, or key spells like Aether Vial, Survival of the Fittest, and Infernal Tutor/Orim's Chant/Burning Wish.

There's little point in rfg-ing a creature to Force spot removal.

Also, if your hand is threat-light, you can just imprint it on a Mox.

<Corner-case arguments for Trinisphere over Force of Will>

That's the problem with Trinisphere: It's only good when cast first turn on the play or versus a narrow subset of decks. Just because there are situations where it's good versus those decks doesn't mean that it is a generally effective card. In my experience, Trinisphere is not very effective versus any of those decks unless it's cast, you guessed it, turn one on the play.

P.S: I'm not saying that cutting FOW for Trinisphere is the right call either. All I'm saying is that there is a reason for Stompy players playing maindeck Trinispheres and (one of them) Top8ing GP.

I understand that. There have been several good posts on why Trinisphere is not a good choice for Faerie Stompy, but you could do far worse. If you're going to run it, cutting Force of Will is a terrible call. Force's merits far outweigh the bad synergy with Trinisphere.