Lets say an ability from your opponent (like Thalia, Guardian of Thrabens static ability) makes your Murderous Cut more expensive to cast
This is the type of spell that would be a perfect target for a counterspell, making it so much better that this blue creature cant be countered
The classic payoffs for the egg strategy are the cards that return artifacts from your graveyard to the battlefield or spells that put all cards that were put there this turn into play
As a planeswalker, he can shift through MtGs multitude of settings as the plot requires
Echoes of Eternity does what every Commander nut loves to do: it copies spells, and triggered abilities
In the days before card sleeves were all but required, when you could slam your cards right onto the playground surface, making future you cringe as you tore through yet another mox