However, weirdly enough, its also sometimes the best card against soft graveyard hate like Relic of Progenitus and Soul-Guide Lantern, as you can quickly rebuild a graveyard to fuel a Murktide Regent if your opponent has exiled your graveyard earlier in the game
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This lets you adapt your playstyle based on the game in front of you, and means that a go-wide strategy is less of a risk in the face of a sweeper
There is not much that can block a big Deaths Shadow, however, many of the common removal spells of the format can take care of it, until Lurrus Deaths Shadow and the namesake deck are emblematic for how Magic is played today, interrupt your opponent, play a cheap strong threat and counter whatever your opponent tries to play against you
Also note that cost increases always apply before cost reduction