Stax decks often leverage symmetrical cards like Winter Orb and Blood Moon that hamper your opponent while leaving the stax player, who built their deck around these effects, unscathed
All that you behold, even the stars above, are my domain." ILLUSTRATOR Liiga Smilshkalne LEGALITIES Standard Future Historic Timeless Gladiator Pioneer Modern Legacy Pauper Vintage Penny Commander Oathbreaker Standardbrawl Brawl Competitivebrawl Alchemy Paupercommander Duel Oldschool Premodern Predh Tlr LANGUAGES DE EN ES FR IT JP RULINGS 2024-09-20 If you cast a spell for another cost "rather than pay its mana cost," you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs
However, against some decks (Infernity, Stun, other trap heavy decks) Decree can give you advantage...against Infernity it's pretty much autowin
When your opponent activates a card or effect: Special Summon 1 "Magistus" or "Witchcrafter" monster from your hand or Deck
Again, we have a [c]Blightsteel Colossus[/c], and our opponent has [c]Dreadbore[/c]
: Create a token that's a copy of target creature card exiled with Dino DNA, except it's a 6/6 green Dinosaur creature with trample