This is certainly a deck I absolutely love
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If you can't, you must leave the target the same (even if that target is now illegal)
This is where the hardest ask of the keyword design process was, where I wanted it so every pair has a card in the shared colours that rewards both pair parts for their mechanic but isnt obviously great for everyone else
It reads, Whenever a player plays a spell that counters a spell that has been played or a player plays a spell that comes into play with counters, that player may counter the next spell played or put an additional counter on a permanent that has already been played, but not countered. Although its obviously tongue in cheek, I appreciate this card as an admission statement, or rather, a concession against the inevitability of using unclear language in the game
As Anoint with Affliction resolves, if the creature's controller has three or more poison counters, the creature will be exiled no matter what its mana value is