Having protection from creatures means much more than preventing damage from attackers
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Note that Spore Cloud is better in multiplayer as it'll tap down blockers and keeps them from untapping too, so if Steve attacked John and he blocked, you can lock them both down for a while
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I guess the 100% safe no-downside one would be Sword of Once and Future , and a case can be made that the surveil 2 would work well with the amount of recursion were running
It also fits in many decks since it works as a ramp spell, a card draw spell, and a discard outlet