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It blocks very well the turn it comes into play, and it also eats up a Lightning Strike or a Wizards Lightning, keeping your bigger threats safe for yet another day

For Affinity, it was equipment, highlighted by Skullclamp and Cranial Plating (which wasn't itself banned but certainly helped create the insane Affinity decks that led to mass bannings)

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