Torpor Orb | Illustration by Svetlin Velinov Stax cards impede your opponents development through various means , such as forcing them to sacrifice permanents, taxing them, making cards enter tapped, and simply having the text players/opponents cannot do X. Many players believe the term comes from Smokestack, a key card of the original stax list, and to some extent that's true
Mono Black
The announcement was made during today's Nintendo Direct presentation
Myriad lets you triple up on the action each combat step, netting additional triggers of any relevant ETBs from the creature you copied
A few Sagas I think really benefit from counter removal include Azusa's Many Journeys // Likeness of the Seeker, Binding the Old Gods, Firja's Retribution, Inventive Iteration, Kiora Bests the Sea God, and The Eldest Reborn