One of the heuristics I tend to use when building a deck with blue is to count a Counterspell as somewhere between 0.5 and 1.0 instances of a category like protection
This deck shines when you can repeatedly untap the creatures and artifacts you use for Waterbending, letting you cast multiple free cards a turn
It was central to the PT-Chicago Tongo deck that netted 2nd, 6th & 9th place finishes, and later central to a Meditate deck I built that led to 1st, 2nd & 3rd place finishes in an extended block PTQ
7 Teysa, Orzhov Scion Retro Frame - Serial Numbered - foil - $149.96 Teysa, Orzhov scion is a legendary creature and plays really well into the aristocrats archetype by allowing you to sacrifice creatures while giving you more creatures to sacrifice
Lich-Knights' Conquest Hitting roughly halfway in our countdown is this Black splashable five-cost sorcery
#7 Cant Hold it Back Anymore (Enchanted) Whispers in the Well is such a gorgeous and intruging set that it can release what feels like an instant classic artwork like Cant Hold it Back Anymore and still see it end up only towards the bottom of the top ten
