And your creatures still have their abilities, so you can exile Akroma and get a 4/4 flying, haste, vigilance, pro-Red, pro-Black, trample Angel Zombie and swing, or that annoying indestructible creature you just countered, well, get a 4/4 indestructible Zombie
With cards like Kruphix, God of HorizonsKruphix, God of Horizons, Inga and EsikaInga and Esika, Xolatoyac, the Smiling FloodXolatoyac, the Smiling Flood, and others, you can spend a lot of mana on other players' end steps to ensure they don't have as many opportunities to disrupt your game plan and to allow you to keep your own disruption spells castable at a moment's notice
Your opponents won't even know they're dry-erase until you casually wipe one clean and redraw it mid-game like some kind of token wizard
What are we willing to take early
A number of its best cards have been reprinted, which has eroded the value of some cards
Illustrated by Abz J Harding Standard Not Legal Alchemy Not Legal Pioneer Legal Historic Legal Modern Legal Brawl Legal Legacy Legal Comp