Lier, Disciple of the Drowned

$1.18

Lier is a 3/4 that changes two rules. Spells can't be countered, which applies to everyone, so opposing counterspells stop working. Every instant and sorcery card in your graveyard has flashback equal to its mana cost. Each ritual, draw spell or tutor can be cast twice. The deck plays cheap blue spells, mana effects like High Tide, and win conditions that scale with how many spells you cast.

In the recorded games, the strongest version was a storm deck. It cast High Tide several times, untapped lands, and finished with Brain Freeze to mill the table. Time Spiral, Intuition and Unsubstantiate refilled the hand and set up the graveyard. Fierce Guardianship protected Lier before it landed, and Defense Grid kept opponents' counters off key spells. Other builds were slower and recurred blink or clue creatures. Only seven games were recorded. Blue-heavy opponents found their counterspells useless once Lier was out. Removal on Lier before the combo turn was the main way to stop it.