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But I believe that their mere existence, and their prominent place in the sets marketing, speaks to a broader issue with MTG thats been growing over time

All the pitch cost counterspells are pretty painful on your other resources and all the other good counterspells require you to hold open too much mana

And it only scales up the more colors you can produce

Beyond that, we have a slew of mana rocks, a few removal spells, and one special category of interaction: protection spells

This potential is only slightly limited by attractions having a cap of ten in constructed formats