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It's an excellent answer to an opposing combo, and circumvents most counterspells since your opponents can't cast anything in response

On the flipside, if your key engine costs a ton of mana, like Kozilek, the Great Distortion, a big beefy ramp card like Thran Dynamo will get Kozilek out much earlier than a Mind Stone

Beyond the names and creatures youd expect, this extends to creatures such as Bill the Pony

Four mana is accessible early without issue in green, and the payoff is well worth the price of admission

Knowing youre the only one that can play combat tricks or removal spells during combat makes it much easier to decide who to attack with what creatures

At five mana youre not going to get this flipped before turn 6 at the earliest, but thats about when youre confidently in second spell category anyways