As a pseudo Ensnaring Bridge, we can sometimes hide behind this Phyrexian Horror while Sheoldred, the Apocalypse and Mai, Scornful Striker drains our opponent out and stops them from playing noncreature spells
Just be warned that with the ultra-budget build, we basically will lose to ourselves in some games by not finding the right colors of mana
Sure it's not as durable and can't give +1/+1 counters to enchantments, but it has lifelink itself, and costs one less to activate, along with a cool party payoff
However, some cards have multiple useful attacks, and using the right one in the proper situation can be the difference between winning and losing
2014 tournament structure [edit source] Players per country [edit source] Masters Division [68] Results [edit source] Six rounds of Swiss was played by 60 players in the tournament, and each round was played with a set of best-of-three matches
As you can see, threshold cards are structurally very similar