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Its naturally weaker in 1v1 formats, as boards usually wont have 13 creatures on them, so cards like Damnation become better options

Counters that adjust power and/or toughness affect Me's power and/or toughness in zones other than the battlefield

If your deck is trying to infinite combo people with this, they should often help sort out if you are playing in the right environment

Not all build around cards are created equal, though, and Lasting Tarfire from Lorwyn Eclipsed is a real dumpster fire of a card

Then there are the oversized cards that can currently be acquired with tickets at large Magic eventssome of these are surely rare and quite valuable