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It can be cast by paying one life and discarding a Blue card from the player's hand, instead of paying the mana cost

Famously banned in Commander since before the Rules Committee combined the banned as/banned in Commander lists, this 9-mana mass board wipe was considered an unfun interaction in Commander games since it effectively restarts the game

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Thus the dilemma

You do lose some lifegain from their first ability, but the second ability is what Im interested in

As this effect only affects creatures, one easy way around this is to primarily use card types such as artifacts and Planeswalkers that are capable of targeting your opponents' permanents, rather than using creatures that can be more easily removed than ever