Planar Chaos, the set that birthed this card, was all about turning MTG players’ expectations on their heads, so printing a two-mana black counterspell certainly fit that theme. Of course, ...

While counterspells in Magic: The Gathering are usually the purview of ... cards include legendary spells such as the Power Nine (Black Lotus, the Moxen, Time Walk, etc.), Necropotence and Channel.