I will almost always play Arcane Denial over Actual Counterspell if I am more than one colour or I care more about getting to the mid / late game more than I just want to control a game
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Also, its an elf, which is very relevant in some MTG formats like Modern and Commander

Release date: 2016-04-19 Abundant Maw Decimator of the Provinces Distended Mindbender Drownyard Behemoth Elder Deep-Fiend Emrakul, the Promised End Eternal Scourge It of the Horrid Swarm Lashweed Lurker Mockery of Nature Vexing Scuttler Wretched Gryff Blessed Alliance Borrowed Grace Brisela, Voice of Nightmares Bruna, the Fading Light Choking Restraints Collective Effort Courageous Outrider Dawn Gryff Deploy the Gatewatch Desperate Sentry Drogskol Shieldmate Extricator of Flesh Extricator of Sin Faith Unbroken Faithbearer Paladin Fiend Binder Geist of the Lonely Vigil Gisela, the Broken Blade Give No Ground Guardian of Pilgrims Ironclad Slayer Ironwright's Cleansing It That Rides as One Lone Rider Long Road Home Lunarch Mantle Peace of Mind Providence Repel the Abominable Sanctifier of Souls Selfless Spirit Sigarda's Aid Sigardian Priest Spectral Reserves Steadfast Cathar Subjugator Angel Thalia, Heretic Cathar Thalia's Lancers Thraben Standard Bearer Advanced Stitchwing Chilling Grasp Coax from the Blind Eternities Contingency Plan Convolute Curious Homunculus Voracious Reader Displace Docent of Perfection Final Iteration Drag Under Enlightened Maniac Exultant Cultist Fogwalker Fortune's Favor Geist of the Archives Grisly Anglerfish Grizzled Angler Identity Thief Imprisoned in the Moon Ingenious Skaab

Theoretically, the way these creatures are balanced is by the fact that youre supposed to sacrifice them as soon as they come into play
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