face down card mtg Hauntwoods Shrieker (DSK) #349 Harrowing Swarm

The card goes into exile rather than your graveyard if it does get countered

Not only does having removal let you answer your opponents bombs, it also lets you dictate the course of the game

Ayara, First of Locthwain Ayara, First of Locthwain taps to draw a card in a black deck with lots of creatures

Thrasta is also an example of some of the strongest effects in the game

Its easy to look at this and see it as a trick with multiple modes and that is what it is, but reducing a creature to 1/1 or growing a creature to 4/3, or turning a clue into a 4/3, while possibilities is only useful situationally

Replacements So if youre not running Outland Liberator or Knight of Autumn, do you run a more flexible replacement instead