Puppets Verdict While Puppet's Verdict is worded like a board wipe, its easier to see its potential if you think of it as a spell that removes just a couple creatures
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Here's an easy example: the ancillary card slot could contain a very expensive Arcane Signet or a just-as-expensive Chulane, Teller of Tales, or it could contain a common gain land like Thornwood Falls
As a permanent is phased out, Auras and Equipment attached to it also phase out at the same time
In the rare case where enough -1/-1 counters are put on Aerith Gainsborough at the same time to make its toughness 0 or less, the number of +1/+1 counters on it before it got those -1/-1 counters will be used to determine the value of X in Aerith Gainsborough's third ability
Yes, the white cards that draw you cards when your opponent casts spells cover the full range of only use in special cases to format staple. The best such card is Esper Sentinel, which requires opponents to pay mana to cast noncreature spells or you'll draw you a card