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1 Flare of Denial A Counterspell That Opens Up A Slew Of Deck Designs Modern Horizons sets are no strangers to introducing a meta-changing counterspell to the Modern format

It even became so powerful in Modern that it was banned in 2022

Card Name Mana Cost Type Legendary Creature Human Avatar Soldier Rarity Mythic Rare rules Text Whenever Sephiroth enters or attacks, you may sacrifice another creature

Both of these Hydras require a response from the table or your opponents will be in some serious trouble

0: Until end of turn, Gideon becomes a Human Soldier creature with power and toughness each equal to the number of loyalty counters on him and gains indestructible