pokemon card charizard 11/108 - (11/108) - XY Evolutions Fanatics Authentic Charizard 2016 Pokemon

Given that Merfolk go wide with creatures, a free counter spell at the cost of one lowly Merfolk can be game-saving and/or game-winning

We have some slide sideboard hate cards, but in general, we're probably not favored against fast combo decks because we're usually not fast enough to race (although we have a shot if we can draw the right sideboard cards)

However, even in the 2010s, Wizards was still in trial and error mode, such as with Planeswalker cards

1 Archfiend of Ifnir

The trouble is that Ghen doesnt have a card draw effect, and without green, the rest of the deck doesnt go quite fast enough if Ghen and/or the graveyard is whacked

7 Fork A Red Instant for two red mana, Fork copied any Instant or Sorcery card but they remained red