So Equilibrium when played correctly is going to slow down your creatures by a turn but at the same time a creature that isnt on the table cant attack you and you can really punish your opponents for cheating in creatures especially if you have a Leyline of Anticipation so I think its a valuable addition to your list
Sure, you can just toss in a quick removal spell and move on
You can make a "Counter-Squirrel" aggro-control deck, a tempo-based deck with cards like Aether Burst and Temporal Spring, or a threshold deck with cards like Merfolk Looter, Mental Note, and Careful Study
INR delivers, and there are some really top dollar cards included in the set
Decklist Grixis Aristocrats Affinity by Johnny Cycles Format: Modern Creatures (16) Artifacts (15) Enchantments (4) Spells (7) Lands (18) 4 Darksteel Citadel 2 Drossforge Bridge 2 Island 2 Mistvault Bridge 2 Mountain 1 Otawara, Soaring City 3 Silverbluff Bridge 2 Swamp Sideboard (15) Deck Tech Primary Game Plan Despite having six different decks, our chief goal is the same
There are plenty of cards that care about the number of dragons you control, balanced under the now-mistaken assumption that it's hard to establish a whole boardful of this usually expensive creature type