While all are powerful in their own right, especially with magecraft or token-matters effects, they didnt quite make the list because they serve a different purpose
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This is cheap enough to get in a couple of swings early to set up your explosive plays later on while synergizing with Eldrazi and aristocrat strategies
Don't hope to dodge it forever, Nevermore it and don't worry about that card in their hand they never play
While you do remove something, you give your opponent something back so it's not quite a 1-for-1
Creatures that have ETB and death triggers are super good with Liesa