Let's look at an example that's similar, but a little less extreme
Some good options are: Meteor Golem, to get rid of problem permanents Stratus Dancer, to counter spells Village Elder, to save your commander Soul of New Phyrexia, to save your board Platinum Angel or Platinum Emperion, when things look dire Some of these options sit quite high on the mana curve
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some control decks rely primarily on black removal and disruption instead, for example
Named character blisters (positions 31 to 45) go to eBay Australia and TCGPlayer with character-specific and set-specific listing titles
Red runs the highest counter density in the format