At the time, there weren't many decent meta cards, and only cards like Kaiju and Swords of Concealing Light that weren't general-purpose cards that could fit into any of his decks, or one-hit wonders like Lightning could deal with them
Cards like Abeyance might hit only a narrow selection of spells, or only limit a single player, but Permission Denied trades in both of these weaknesses for a much higher barrier to entry
Possible runners up include May due to being most liable to hold the Distress Ball and get endangered, kidnapped or tied up, as well as Clemont, being an Adorkable Bungling Inventor with several jokes based around his poor physical condition
In a rebel tribal or token-focused build, Barret brings both steady board presence and a way to make sure your creatures never enter combat empty-handed
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