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Even though I know how to play quickly and often have to encourage my opponents to do the same, for this event I decided to play a less stressful kind of Magic and focus on something else
At the beginning of your end step, create a 0/0 colorless Construct artifact creature token with "This token gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control." Artifact creatures you control have menace
Getting a 7/7 with reach and trample, a 4/4 creature, and destroying an artifact or enchantment for seven mana is great value
(This includes manifest, disguise, cloak, morph, and a few older effects that turn cards face down.) Common methods for doing this include using markers or dice, or simply placing them in order on the battlefield
(You choose any number of permanents and/or players with counters on them, then give each another counter of a kind already there.) Better than any of the generic or limited counterspells you may already have in your stack