Thankfully, there are more expensive wipes like In Garruks Wake to preserve your position while you otherwise reset the board
Each card pulled is a potential new strategy, a solution to the puzzle that your opponent shapes before you
Mai, Scornful Striker While Mai, Scornful Striker is relatively new, it already shows strong potential as a clean answer to noncreature-heavy strategies
Its very easy for Land Tax to be a draw-9 or draw-12 throughout a game, and its one of the few cards that contributes to deck-thinning in a meaningful way
This spell allows players to level out advantages gained in the developing stage of the game too effectively, while simultaneously allowing them to apply pressure in other avenues, such as burn damage to opposing Phoenixborn
2 graveyard recursion higher budgets I recommend more tutors 2 flexible tutors