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The Shadowmoor block had a lot of important lessons about hybrid, including the dangers of using too much and a better understanding of where fruitful future design veins might lie

While strictly better options have been printed, Counterspell remains a blue staple for its perfect blend of efficiency, flexibility, and simplicity

Include win cons that care about counters like Darksteel Reactor and Helix Pinnacle

That drawback can be brutal if timed wrong, but in the right setup it doubles as protection that keeps your cards safe from hand disruption

Take the discard theme as a great example

Ive never seen a player come back from it