new ex pokemon card Hoopa prevent all damage done to this Pokémon by attacks (both yours and your opponents) Pokémon Trading Card Game: Mega

There are a few permanents that offer more doubling up of counters, as well as ones that save counters from removed creatures, but even without these, Counter Blitz is very powerful right out of the box

The deck does have ramp in Mox Opal and Gene Pollinator to address this, but its a significant weakness

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Being able to repeatedly deter removal or guarantee that your other creatures have favorable attacks or blocks for one mana is a price that is almost always worth paying

Both players start with twenty life points