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Thankfully this issue can be mitigated with cards such as Narset, Parter of Veils

And if that wasn't enough, his ability The Good Of Others allows you to draw a card when he is banished in a challenge

Deathless Knight will be hard to keep down for good with the incidental lifegain the deck has, and Elite Headhunter can sacrifice artifacts and creatures to shock pesky opposing dorks

Take, as a good example, removal

Celes, Rune Knight Celes, Rune Knight gives graveyard decks lots of power

However, that flexibility in casting comes with a lack of flexibility in payoff, with Saruman allowing us to amass Orcs equal to the Spell's mana value