Cast powerful threats like Elder Gargaroth to stabilize the board, or go straight for game-ending plays like Ugin, Eye of the Storms or Craterhoof Behemoth
Limit Break is also fantastic on its own
In fact, the pure exchange of resources inherent to this sort of card leads to a certain clarity in design, through which we can trace the evolution of Magic as a whole
I personally find that anything with +1/+0 or -0/-1 counters is odd, and they arent the only weird counters that have been printed
(Apparently theyve simply reprinted the Japanese cards with 1st edition symbol, because they were too lazy to remove the 1st edition symbol
Equipment that provides +1/+1 counters or permanent power boosts create lasting tax increases that opponents struggle to overcome, making Esper Sentinel increasingly oppressive over time