Decks that proliferate have another good target besides your +1/+1 counter creatures and planeswalkers
The variety of life-gain enchantments are also useful not removing the combat step entirely, just softening the blow or making us the least appealing target
This actually often makes the effect on these cards stronger than the original, but they also cost mana
A Creepy Conclusion Skin Shedder | Illustration by Nils Hamm Of course, theres a large part of whats terrifying or horrific thats in the eye of the beholder
Right now, where I live in the UK, the only way I can get a pack of Pokmon cards released in the last 12 months is by making it my job to write about them and having them sent to me directly by The Pokmon Company
Usually this help is in the form of additional resources: allowing them to draw extra cards, produce extra mana, gain life, or otherwise advance their game state for them