In recent years, it has shown its age, with players well wise to the lures of the green mage
A precise scale (authentic cards ~1.7 1.8 g), UV blacklight (transparency/fluorescence), 20 loupe (rosette/print pattern), and a digital microscope anchor the workflow
Every upkeep you get, destroy the creature with the lowest power
aggressive decks, Deaths Shadow easily looses against flying Murktide Regents or blocking Construct tokens from Urzas Saga while Prismatic Ending and Solitude represent strong answers as Swords to Plowshares effects so the life loss as a build up for Deaths Shadow doesnt pay of anymore
This effect is Tendrils of Agony territory, so it wins the game with the kind of destructive board wipe no one plays anymore after things like Sunfall
Another protective option involves getting cards out of your graveyard in response to Rest in Peace and friends