Specific "Hate" Cards: Including cards that are designed to shut down a particular strategy, such as graveyard hate against reanimator decks or artifact removal against artifact-heavy strategies
Arena is working in almost exactly the same way, thanks to the slow unlock rate
While Crucible of Worlds x Strip Mine isnt the friendliest of combos nor the most efficient Dust Bowl does have a place in lands decks that can generate a lot of mana and do weird stuff with untapping lands
Sometimes, creatures will slip through your counterspells, and hard removal like Pongify is perfect for those moments
However, generally speaking, the art of Yu-Gi-Oh cards is more exciting, including tons of varying themes such as Gundams, mythological creatures, humanoid aliens, as well as a thousand other themes
Its still an okay infect card because when it gains that ability, you get a great chunk towards infect damage on an opponent to win the game