You can counter a background when its cast just like you could with any other enchantment, and the same goes for destroying them
Being able to answer these threats at instant speed can be essential to keeping them under control
Obviously, this isnt worth much if your creature is small, but on something like Okaun, Eye of Chaos or Primeval Spawn, youre going to be cooking with a large payoff and little downside
Dragonlord Dromoka The most irritating MTG Elder Dragon for a blue player to fly into in a dark alley, Dragonlord Dromoka can't be stopped by an MTG counter spell, and then prevents players from casting spells on your turn
This 5/3 for five exiles cards off the top of your library equal to the number of players being attacked, and then also allows you to play those cards this turn for that much colorless mana less
NEW COMMANDER OF THE YEAR JOSHUA, PHOENIXS DOMINANT // PHOENIX, WARDEN OF FIRE I have already waxed lyrical about this Commander, so its kinda flogging a dead horse at this point, but boy oh boy did I have the time of my life brewing and playing this deck this year