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1 Flare of Denial A Counterspell That Opens Up A Slew Of Deck Designs Modern Horizons sets are no strangers to introducing a meta-changing counterspell to the Modern format

Youre playing this as a lifegain deck, with Mill as an alternate win condition in the command zone

Doing it 3 times at the end of the last players turn then swinging with your buffed 5/5 army feels good

Attacking with this poses an interesting dilemma: Lose a valuable creature in combat, or let you search for your best card

Were gonna shake them down and get to the bottom of this investigation, with the best deck on top

Even if your opponent has plenty of blockers, instants like Fling or Tend The Pests can put you in an incredibly favorable position just from getting to the attack stage, setting up an easy Wincon