BLACK Virtue of Persistence Sorcery speed knocks this down a few pegs for archetypes like Dimir, but the upsidesa built-in end-game goal via Debtors Knell and a bit of life gainmake me optimistic that this will punch in the same weight class, if not slightly below, the old two-mana instant removal guard
#6 - Masked Meower / Skittering Kitten This little kitty enabling some of the cooler Dredge strategies is pretty groovy, as well as showing up in some of the Mono Red Madness builds
It can be used alongside equipment, sure, but also in decks that care about activating abilities to put counters on things, for example
Press the Enemy Id rather have Press the Enemy than Baral's Expertise in a Commander deck, and for sure if I run one Id run the other
And channel isn't answerable by traditional counters like Counterspell or Mystic Snake
This is especially true in Commander, where you start out with 40 life instead of 20