mtg cool art cards Tiamat Card Eight of the Best Magic

While I was not playing when it came out, I did have a Mirage themed calendar which featured alternative and unused card art

Its +1 also keeps your own hand full, all while it inches opponents closer to defeat

Devils in MTG are no different and bring these aspects to your builds

Most oddly costed counterspells end up disappointing, but I expect this will be an exception

Decks that want to play counters are almost always control decks, and control decks would much prefer to gain life rather than cause opponents to lose life, so all things being equal they would have preferred to play with Absorb but there were other considerations that forced most of them down the black road instead