While Magic: The Gathering | Marvel Super Heroes doesn't explicitly hinge on +1/+1 counters, Streets of New Capenna , where connive originated, had a counters subtheme that bridged connive (the white-blue-black Obscura mechanic) and shield counters (the green-white-blue Brokers mechanic)
This interdimensional warrior is obsessed with collecting legendary weapons (including the memeworthy Excalipur), and his ability to dig through your top six cards for Equipment and put them directly onto the battlefield is perfect for his weapon-hoarding personality
Painful Truths is another spell that has entered the fray because of how good it is
If you can keep it, and it comes with build in protection, you can lock down a creature pretty nicely
It lurks in a great chasm in the Underdark, called the Vast Oblivium, and it considers itself the master of all it surveys
Either of these cards blows all semblance of card parity out the window, granting the user so many extra cards and so much card selection as to make it almost impossible for them to lose if they are not killed quickly
