rikku mtg card Final Fantasy - Emissaries of Light - EX (Full Art) Whenever you put one or more counters on a creature Rikku, Resourceful Guardian (Card) |

This is often a bad effect because you cant choose what to get with the spell, and if your opponent has a 6/6 and a 1/1 token, its useless at dealing with the bigger threat

Things like the Walking Dead Secret Lair had worried me that Magic wouldn't be creative with its visual presentation of Universes Beyond cards, or worse, resort to using screenshots from movies or shows

Inexorable Tide still has a high enough ceiling to deserve mention, but its not a staple of counter-based strategies anymore

However, the more I considered its potential lines of play, the more I appreciated its versatility

(Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.) Whenever you sacrifice a permanent, target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life