Eredan's World

You made a point, but you also came across like a total douchebag doing it when "Well, my counter argument would be"...

Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.

And no... You seem to be babbling and making the same point, more than a good one.

Also, Both DSH and Nehantic Stone only prevent damage from spells. Not the boosts that some spells give to their user. In fact, the only thing that can really do that is Counterspell.

Not only that, but all the physical counters you listed... Don't really have a downside. Sure, TyaB has a boost to defence, but that's to balance, as -5 attack can cripple even the heaviest hitters unless they're using TTD and Assassination. Fallback is suppose to be running away, and giving a boost to defence at a cost of 1 spirit and 1 attack isn't much. Illusionary Reflection... Where is the downside to that card...? You get a boost to defence based on your spirit. Considering the Noz decks have that in a lot, it's going to be mostly used by high spirited characters anyway.
What about the Tracker card (I forget what it's called) that drops your attack to 0 if you have a dagger equipped? That has absolutely NO drawback at all. Illusionary Reflection can make some mages untouchable.

Now, the fact that Deflection can target a random character on YOUR side, and counterspell HALVES your attack.

On to Witchblades - They can equip weapons. They can have attack boosting weapons and armours. Sure it might be low, but it never stays low for very long. They might not be able to chain spells, but the fact they can let off any spell and then attack is still OTT, especially when they do get attacks going into the 10+ attack rating.