What other counter cards where you thinking? Please send a list of your best counter deck and a total price. I am curious what you would put together.

I know a counter deck can get really pricey, I do not want a expensive deck. This deck can include all revisions. I want a powerful deck, maybe slightly illegal. We just play for fun.

Here is an example a friend sent me.

Example of control blue deck.

Maindeck:

Artifacts
1 Oblivion Stone
2 Sensei's Divining Top
2 Vedalken Shackles

Creatures
2 Sower of Temptation

Enchantments
2 Back to Basics
3 Energy Field

Instants
4 Brainstorm
2 Counterspell
2 Cryptic Command
2 Echoing Truth
4 Force of Will
4 Mental Misstep
3 Spell Snare

Legendary Creatures
2 Vendilion Clique

Planeswalkers
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor

Basic Lands
16 Island

Lands
2 Misty Rainforest
2 Polluted Delta
2 Scalding Tarn

Sideboard:
2 Chalice of the Void
2 Energy Flux
2 Mind Harness
3 Misdirection
3 Surgical Extraction
3 Llawan, Cephalid Empress

Legality:
This deck is Legacy-legal.

Gro-a-Tog

Creatures:
4 Quirion Dryad $0.5
4 Nimble Mongoose $1

Blue drawing spells:
4 Brainstorm $1
4 Preordain $0.5
4 Gush $0.5

Counters:
4 Counterspell $0.25
2 Spell Pierce $0.25
2 Spell Snare $2.5
4 Mental Misstep $3.5
4 Daze $2
4 Voidslime (I like it, you might not. It's polyvalent for casual games) $2

Goodie:
2 Fastbond $1

Lands:
4 Mishra's Factory $3
4 Misty Rainforest $9.5
4 Yavimaya Coast $0.5
5 Islands $0.10 (For nice ones, from Zendikar, if you like those)
1 Forests $0.10