Define Your Strategy: First, establish the core strategy of your deck
Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant lets you lean into creature, planeswalker, and enchantment counters for your actual deck list, freeing up what would normally be counters focused on general spells or specifically instants/sorceries
The dont overthink it template plans If you want a simple default that still looks great: Plan A: The clean deck plan Modern for 90% of the deck Full Art for lands Showcase for commander + 5 favorite cards It looks cohesive, reads easily, and still has personality
8 Magnezone ex Despite being a little tough to evolve since its a Stage 2, this Electric-type Pokemon is capable of absolutely demolishing your opponents Pokemon if theyre packing several energy cards to execute a counterattack
By then, gaining life was acknowledged to be a pretty meh effect, and the notion of exchanging life for resources was really starting to take off
Colourless removal spells are especially hard to find and tend to have high casting cost