Sludge Monster If you want to highlight power creep in EDH, then Id be tempted to add enters the battlefield or attacks to the list
These come as complete 60-card decks that are tournament legal and built around powerful Pokmon like Charizard V, Gardevoir V, or Rayquaza V
It is weak to widespread damage like Reckless Blaze, but hey, that's absorbing a board wipe
Tap: You may put a creature card with converted mana cost equal to the number of charge counters on Aether Vial from your hand onto the battlefield.) This version is much more versatile since you are not locked into a single mana cost, yet it costs two more mana and is in Blue
Thalia puts a halt on decks like storm combo all by itself, and its a needed feature to survive fast combo formats like Legacy and Vintage
This card lets you change the number of a choice to a second number of your choice one number higher or lower