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Mental Misstep Banned in both Modern and Legacy, Mental Misstep is a free hard counterspell (because why bother paying mana when you could use life) for any spell with a Mana value equal to 1

Prizeout begins at 3 wins

The infect strategy, while not having direct support since Phyrexia: All Will Be One, has still been improved thanks to additional cards that care about counters

Card Advantage Through Blue Planeswalkers Blue planeswalkers are synonymous with card advantage

Since then, Near Mint copies of Valakut Exploration rose from a $0.78 market average to $2.51, representing a 221% price spike

Example : Guile says, in part, When Guile is put into a graveyard from anywhere, shuffle it into its owner's library. It's put into a graveyard and its ability triggers, then a player exiles it from that graveyard in response