Sometimes you are forced into a situation where you need to blow your Vindicate/Counterspell on a cheaper card that you have far more efficient alternate ways to answer thus making them seem underwhelming
And while Shadow Slash might be powerful, the fact that using said move requires the player to discard an energy card means that it can only be used sparingly
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When it comes to such win conditions, MTG tends to be fairer for both players, as it doesn't really have any way to OTK (one turn kill) opponents in the early stages of the game
If you're about to have an explosive turn where you make a ton of tokens, be they creature of artifacts, drop Haliya first to rack up the lifegain