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One of these cards, Flare of Denial offers an insanely powerful free counterspell effect, which has immense potential

If a creature is dealt lethal damage at the same time that you gain life, it can't receive a counter from Heliod's ability in time to save it

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In a deck full of cheap creatures and removal this ability can reload your hand every single turn, creating an unstoppable advantage

Hypergenesis was a strong deck in Extended at the time of Moderns release, so Wizards was understandably cautious about putting Hypergenesis into a format with an ever-growing card pool