The Makings of Many Decks

I notice no Earth Melds... which probably means no Protean-based decks.

I also found interesting the top ten most popular cards, particularly 8, 9 & 10.

64. Telepathic Counter - 10 decks

Does it work for you well? I often overlook it as I think, I'd rather have a Telepathic Misdirection for a heavy bleed, than go reducing bleeds. Or even better, I'd rather focus on my offence or stopping bleeder once and for all. It might be useful with supporting AUS/aus weenies, because they do not tap after using it and can keep reducing other bleeds as well.

Just want you opinion from experience, I have a nagging feeling I am underestimating this card

My experience with this card is that it can negate bleeds so you can block non-bleeds. It seems a common enough trick to make a bleed or two forward and then attempt some other crucial action. Telepathic Counter can reduce the impact of the bleed and leave you untapped to block the 'other' action.

kombainas wrote:

64. Telepathic Counter - 10 decks

Does it work for you well? I often overlook it as I think, I'd rather have a Telepathic Misdirection for a heavy bleed, than go reducing bleeds. Or even better, I'd rather focus on my offence or stopping bleeder once and for all. It might be useful with supporting AUS/aus weenies, because they do not tap after using it and can keep reducing other bleeds as well.

Just want you opinion from experience, I have a nagging feeling I am underestimating this card

I once won a tournament thanks to it: www.vekn.net/forum/9-event-reports-and-twd/45453-twd-jann-bergers-qaq-is-for-alacrity-los-angeles-ca-16-feb-2013#45453

Unblockable bleeds can still be reduced!

I've got plenty of earth melds... it's just that a slight majority of Protean decks are combat decks, not run away from combat decks.

In 107 decks, these are the stats for Earth meld:

16 copies
Across 5 decks
With 3.2 average per deck.

But I'm a much bigger fan of Form of Mist for my Protean Decks. If I'm not going to stand and fight, I'd rather get the actions through.

kombainas wrote:

64. Telepathic Counter - 10 decks

Does it work for you well? I often overlook it as I think, I'd rather have a Telepathic Misdirection for a heavy bleed, than go reducing bleeds. Or even better, I'd rather focus on my offence or stopping bleeder once and for all. It might be useful with supporting AUS/aus weenies, because they do not tap after using it and can keep reducing other bleeds as well.

Just want you opinion from experience, I have a nagging feeling I am underestimating this card

I'm a huge fan of telepathic misdirection counter -- it's basically 2 free Ascendances. It's free and it doesn't tap you.

They're much more common in my vote and combat decks, where I can make my prey choke on their bounce.

The other points made by Aaron and Juggernaut are excellent points as well, and figure into my reasoning when I play this card.