Whether you want a deck that follows along with the current meta or you want to build a deck based on your favorite characters, all of that is possible
Forcing the opponent to discard an instant or sorcery removes an important damage spell, giving -2/-2 to a creature is likely to kill the majority of the creatures they field, and draining two life essentially undoes a spell's worth of damage
Always an option in Standard, no matter the strategy
I even got my wish from that set review: they released Shaman of the Pack in an Explorer Anthology
This card offers an interesting puzzle to the person playing it how can one make sure that they always have a blue mana available at the beginning of their upkeep while everyone is skipping the untap step
Read More: Where to Find Modern Horizons 2 Previews 4 Static Orb Static Orb is a classic Stax card, because its a three mana Artifact that makes it so that players cant untap more than two permanents in their untap steps