In constructed formats, you can just re-cast another copy to get rid of it if it gets too many counters, and in Commander, your life total starts so high that it hardly ever matters
If you had a creature that become unnecessary early, exchanging it for a land would often be worth it
the first of their trials a battle with a fell knight
Then theres Hilda 173/086, which is shaping up to be the Trainer pull from this set

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Witherbloom, the Balancer Affinity for creatures first showed up on a simple 4/4 with vigilance and that Argivian Phalanx costs two less mana than Witherbloom, the Balancer which is a stronger creature and grants a huge cost reduction and will straight up give you nearly free colorless instants and sorceries like Warping Wail or Skittering Invasion