Allow me to set the scene: Its 2014, and six year old me is a few months into Kindergarten, unaware that I had officially sold my soul to the American education system for the next twelve years
The interesting thing about The Lord of Pain is how it encourages each player to play the highest mana-costed spell they have in order to deal the most damage they can to other players
Let's take a tour of the 10 worst instant card in Magic the Gathering
Be ready with your own backup counterspell
Card Name Drivnod, Carnage Dominus Mana Cost Type Legendary Creature Phyrexian Horror Rarity Mythic Rare rules Text If a creature dying causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time., Exile three creature cards from your graveyard: Put an indestructible counter on Drivnod
You counter your opponents first spell for free, while you get to copy the ones you cast