Certain decks include more threats, which tend to be aggressive or mid-range archetypes, while others use more removal cards, which tend to be control archetypes
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In the current meta it counters more than half of played creatures in the format
Currently, on TCGPlayer , this Illustration Rare card for Cresselia has a market price of $18.33
Ashiok is a Dimir Planeswalker whose core mechanic is exiling cards, so it makes sense to use a few different cards of theirs in the deck
That said, there are still plenty of ways to power it out in Mono-Black, including ritual spells and generic mana ramp like Ancient Tomb and Mana Vault
