Minsc, Beloved Ranger costs three for a 3/3 Ranger that arrives to the battlefield with a 1/1 red Hamster named Boo with a 1/1 trample and haste ability
Lesson cards from Strixhaven are a big reason to run cards in your sideboard even if youre playing BO1
The entire idea of the Arceus deck is to use Arceus' Ripple Swell to fill the board with Energy that can then be moved to your Arceus attackers with the Ultimate Zone Stadium card
Commanders such as Jorn, God of Winter and Estrid, the Masked can easily keep Stasis going by untapping permanents that allow you to pay the upkeep cost and continue to break parity on Stasis
Sure, just like with Lurking Predators, theres a lower creature count threshold at which its not particularly worthwhile to play it, but very few decks are going to be below that mark
Its strength lies in its incredible survivability and synergy with healing items or abilities that punish the opponent for failing to secure a knockout