An advanced use of the card which most players dont think properly consider is knowing *when* to cast it
You don't counter-attack a creature, you block it (even though the creature takes damage from your blocking action, which certainly sounds more like a counter-attack to me)
[30] [31] The Standard format, by including mostly recently released cards, helps to prevent "power creep" that can be difficult to predict with the size of the Magic card library and help give newer players a fair advantage with long-term players
8 March Of Otherworldly Light March of Otherworldly Light has proven to be good thanks to its flexibility in dealing with artifacts, creatures that need to be exiled, and enchantments
Sentry Oak is bad even if there were enough clash synergies to matter, which there arent
It can become a big threat to any players playing islands if youre able to build up enough mana to kick this card several times