The other abilities that give a similar type of protection are shroud, ward, and appropriately, protection
If youre opening Pokmon cards in search of your next chase, being prepared is just as important as the pull itself
One of my favorites is using Heliod, Sun-Crowned to put +1/+1 counters on him in order to make it harder for opponents to pay
Ral, Crackling Wit would be a great fit in a spellslinger deck that focuses on casting a high volume of noncreature spells to generate value and trigger its abilities
The Battlemages were simpler, as they were "virtual vanillas," meaning they had effects when you played them but were just 2/2 creatures for the remaining turns, so they went into Planeshift
[25] Vexing Bauble is another hate piece against manaless strategies, which is generally acceptable for formats other than Vintage, where it turns into prison piece instead