Kappa Tech Wrecker is either the best early blocker, a way to enable your fight-ish removal, Disenchant, or loop synergy
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Well, the total number of Magic products released is complicated
They're a topic that generates a lot of impassioned discussion, mostly because every time they come up, everyone starts arguing about the affordability of Magic and how WotC makes the game too expensive to play. There is increasing acceptance of proxies in certain situations , especially provided you are not trying to use fake cards and pass them off as real or using them in tournaments where they're not allowed
Against control it counters draw and removal, against aggro it stops creatures, and against combo, it disrupts key combo pieces
It isnt terrible after all its removal, and it can put itself in the graveyard which the Black-White deck especially is interested in