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(b) If you chose to pay this spell's impending cost, it enters the battlefield with N time counters on it

In Magics most powerful regularly played competitive format, Legacy, where a low total mana value means that decks play less lands, this is a fantastic tool for making sure you can find your next land drop if you kept a hand with only one or two

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While the one mana instant is certainly very powerful and flexible, especially in the current ETB-heavy metagame, it does nothing on its own

As you can see, indestructibility isnt just about defenseit can also enable powerful combos

More recently, theres The Archimandrite from The Brothers War Commander that gains you life on upkeep based on the number of cards in your hand