In token-heavy decks or after a big Buried Alive, this effectively costs zero mana
If you cant remove it, this is card advantage, board control, and a clock in one color-intensive package
That said, you can use its ability as an excuse to run cards that enable coin flips, which then serves as an excuse to play more coin flip cards
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Finally, on the third turn, it becomes 5/4 Avatar Kyoshi, which gives your lands trample and hexproof, and then it can also be tapped to add X mana of one color based on the greatest power among creatures you control
Counterspell is the answer that the format needed, showing up in UR Murktide in a tempo role, UW Control in a control role, and 4C Omnath in a midrange/control role as a way to try to get some points back against the combo decks