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Clones nearly always leave you with the best creature in play, or at least in control of a duplicate of the actual best creature

Phase Dolphin We love creatures that will allow for a strict evasion ability, even if it is only temporary

During your turn, you may play cards you don't own with stash counters on them from exile, and mana of any type can be spent to cast those spells

However, in competitive Modern or Legacy formats, Jin-Gitaxias may be too slow and easily dealt with compared to other cards like Jace, the Mind Sculptor or Snapcaster Mage, making it less likely to see play in those metagames

Hazel makes good use of your squirrel tokens, allowing them to be used as mana dorks to accelerate well ahead of your opponents in mana production

Heavenly Inferno You might not enjoy how rife the format became with cards like Kaalia of the Vast or Karador, Ghost Chieftain, but you cannot deny their power