The truth is, however, that local card shops have higher prices than online sellers
In practice, Hogaak becomes a free creature with the right convoluted deck strategies that leverage lots of cheap creatures and milling strategies that fill up your graveyard
Thickness of 1 Side (microns): Ultimate Guard Katana Inner (40), Ultra Pro Eclipse Gloss (105) 100 Double Sleeved Card Thickness (mm): Theoretical (59), Practical (63) Water Test: Pass Deck Box Fit (mm storage): Fit: 86 good, 14 bad
It can protect a creature if you have 4 mana handy, and it can bounce something you want to recast for an ETB effect
Since Glen Elendra Archmage is a creature, it's also much easier to retrieve from the graveyard than a typical counterspell, with any creature re-animation effect putting it and its threatening counterspell back into play
One thing I noted when compiling this list was just how many uncommons competed for those 20 spots maybe Ill do a separate piece about those