mtg cards with afflict Magic the Gathering Adventures: Hour of Devastation Review: Red Afflict | Proxydudes

This in turn gives you an early play that allows you to gain life for practically the entire game unless someone uses removal on it

Exiling an artifact creature, however, will get you both on your list of benefits

The Original Shield Counters You have to go all the way back to Dissension for the first card with a shield counter, Palliation Accord

You could happen to find it as a sorcery with Aminatous Augury or recast it with Mizzixs Mastery, and Im sure people who run Arcane Bombardment wont regret adding this 8-drop to their sorcery pile

Several of the cards in the Timey Wimey Deck allow players to remove time tokens from their suspended cards, playing into this ability

Its ideal for dealing with problematic activated abilities, such as The One Ring, which is prevalent in many decks