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Countering creatures is great, but countering non-creatures is usually good enough, and this doesnt require another blue card and doesnt cost an extra resource

Uro is not just the Titan of Natures Wrath, but a three-mana Titan

I would often side out all of my creatures except for two Soulfire Grand Masters, eventually find a Tutelage, and kill them while they sat on a handful of spot removal

Now, Elves are good at being aggro anyway because there are so many lords you can play and theyre cheap as well, but the ability on Edric is what makes him so good

Birgi, God of Storytelling Getting mana for casting spells and saving mana between phases are already really powerful things to be doing in Magic, and Birgi, God of Storytelling does even more