Where the Barricade shines is in that you may bounce something back to your hand when it arrives
The plan is to slam your background as early as possible and use all creatures with a strong ETB ability to outvalue your opponents with the likes of Spirited Companion and Inspiring Overseer, or diminish their resources with others like Virus Beetle and Burglar Rat
Exile this creature at the beginning of the next end step , then you may cast it from exile on a later turn. In all cases you are casting the card, so Counterspell will work against your warp spell, no matter how you're casting it
Im the first to admit that if anyone packs this card, something is wrong
Ishkanah, Grafwidow If you want a spider as your witchy familiar in the command zone, Ishkanah, Grafwidow is a good way to go
But wait, that's not all that's being made available