If youre about to be killed by a gigantic Craterhoof'd flunge and you plop this down only for another opponent to bounce it back to your hand, then you really should have been playing some sort of fog or protection spell, which not only are more difficult to interact with but also much, much cheaper
, : Reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a nonlegendary, nonland card with mana value 3 or less
He shuts down larger spells, hurts ramp, storm, buyback, my own Equinaut deck (which likes to play and replay creatures), and countless other decks that either want to cast something big or net multiple spells
While moving counters onto a flying Creature to deal a hefty chunk of unblocked damage can seem appealing, it usually isnt worth siphoning power from your other cards in order to do so
As I started going through more options, though, I realized that "essentials" here could mean things like Dockside Extortionist, Purphoros, God of Forge
Stormsurge Kraken (Hexproof Blue Creature) [c]Stormsurge Kraken[/c] is an ideal Commander threat