Price$5.64 – $33.09
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Instant
LegalCounterspellRank #311
Counter target instant or sorcery spell unless its controller pays 
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Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.)
KeywordsStorm
Why is this card good?
Flusterstorm is a premium counterspell for the highest-power tables, and largely useless below them. Its value is entirely about context.
The reason it's elite in cEDH: it's a one-mana answer that's nearly impossible to fight through on a developed turn. Because Storm copies it for every prior spell that turn, fighting back over a combo or counter war means paying for each copy — often four, five, or more taxes. It protects your own combo or stops an opponent's win at instant speed for minimal investment.
It wants: blue control and combo decks, especially in cEDH, where stacks get deep and the counter wars are real. Think Urza, Kraum, Rograkh/Silas, Thrasios shells.
Don't play it in casual or even mid-power decks. It only hits instants and sorceries (no creatures, no commanders), the tax is trivially payable in slower games, and the Storm rarely matters when nobody's chaining spells. In those pods, run Negate or Swan Song instead.
for each copy — often four, five, or more taxes. It protects your own combo or stops an opponent's win at instant speed for minimal investment.
It wants: blue control and combo decks, especially in cEDH, where stacks get deep and the counter wars are real. Think Urza, Kraum, Rograkh/Silas, Thrasios shells.
Don't play it in casual or even mid-power decks. It only hits instants and sorceries (no creatures, no commanders), the tax is trivially payable in slower games, and the Storm rarely matters when nobody's chaining spells. In those pods, run Negate or Swan Song instead.Related cards
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Printings (10)
Played by these commanders
Zedruu the Greathearted100% of 1
Combos (1)
- Guile + Flusterstorm
→ Infinite magecraft triggers, Infinite storm count