[7] Up until Version 3, League play was another method of competitive play
Another possible but less likely situation: someone claiming damages to an insurance company and manipulating the price to inflate the damage claim value
Those shenanigans get more frequent the higher power you go, too, and as soon as youre at a table where everyone has a combo or early win con, a counterspells flexibility at protecting your combo and stopping someone elses is key
(2023-10-13) Effects that last "for as long as that creature has a [kind of] counter on it," such as Aven Mimeomancer's, stop applying to Me, the immortal once it leaves the battlefield
5 Kozilek, Butcher of Truth (Textured Foil) $212.52 Kozilek isnt as severe as Emrakul, only giving you four cards instead of a whole extra turn
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