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Plus, its restricted in Vintage
In addition to this primary plan, the deck also features a potent backup combo: Tameshi, Reality Architect paired with Lotus Bloom can generate immense amounts of mana, often culminating in an enormous Sea Gate Restoration that seals the game
In my Collected Company versions of Blue Devotion, I tend to run 2-3 counterspells because you need some counterspell interaction to buy time for your plan or to protect it
- Suddenly lethal out of nowhere
I prefer it in decks with ways to flicker or sacrifice this red artifact to cards other than its own ability