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It only counters instants and sorceries, so its more niche, but if youre weak to a boardwipe in your strategy, then this is the main spell type youre worried about anyways

You can only play them if your playgroup is okay with it during your Rule 0 conversation

The fact that all three are steeped in fantasy, and D&D and Final Fantasy are both role-playing games, and that Final Fantasy is the latest set are all solid reasons for why the quality here is by and large improved, but I'd actually argue there's a far simpler explanation

For 2 mana, you get other effects that are better like Animate Dead

The payoff you get just from this card alone is enough to make me think that youd strongly consider expanding into Grixis colors if you already have a demon tribal deck

It provides a true zero-mana option for countering noncreature spells, only costs a single mana more than Negate itself when hardcast, and even exiles the target to boot