Its worth sacrificing an important creature on your board if you think the enemys board is getting out of control and might prove to make your life harder in the next turns by defending with multiple units to get rid of an enemy
Usually by the time you have access to eight mana, there will be more than one response to your Absolute statement, so look for openings and be ready
Cards similar to Defend the Hearth include Root Snare, Commencement of Festivities, Darkness
Legendary Creature - Horror Halfling Color tag templates(None) Sporeweb Weaver Reach, hexproof from blue Whenever this creature is dealt damage, you gain 1 life and create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token
One final thing to be aware of is that you cant put counters on a dead permanent , so playing a creature sweeper to draw off killing your own board only works if Weatherlight Compleated is either above 7 or under 4 counters
This means theres a reasonable chance youll activate Dakkons final ability the turn it comes down, getting you an artifact from your hand or graveyard for free