All at instant speed Filter Out Returns all nonland, noncreature permanents to their owners hands (this does hit your permanents as well) Otawara, Soaring City This land is an auto-include in any deck with blue, if you have it Enters untapped The channel ability allows you to return an artifact, enchantment, creature or Planeswalker to its owners hand Stern Dismissal Returns an enchantment or creature you dont control to its owners hand Kioras Dismissal Return any number of enchantments to their owners hands Must pay an additional blue mana for each target beyond the first Chain of Vapor Return any nonland permanent to its owners hand Its controller can copy Chain of Vapor by sacrificing a land and chose any target for the copy This spell can continue to be copied so long as the conditions are met, potentially creating a chain of spells
These two members of the Apex cycle are a nice cross-section of what youre looking for in these ceiling-reinforced threats
Resourceful Defense and Nesting Grounds are two counter movers that turn one indestructible counter into helpful and resilient protection
If you choose to go the Dina route, focus on lots of individual lifegain triggers rather than a few huge ones to convert into damage
I remember relishing the cool art, even though I was hardly ever able to get this big stompy threat onto the battlefield
In the early days of the Pro Tour, RW playersplayers who could consistently produce both red and white manawould often play Shatter as "the fifth Disenchant" (again, more on that next week in "Redundancy")
