mtg red counterspell cards A mono-red counterspell. : r/custommagic MTG Best Modern Red Counterspells

They'll be exiled instead

You get even more utility by creating Beast tokens and destroying permanents to get lifegain

Not having to jump through hoops to make him worth casting is the real trick

Heroic Intervention, Teferis Protection, Akromas Will and Clever Concealment provide an excellent core protection package

Finale of Glory and White Suns Zenith are both pretty strong cards, but In Azorius decks, Invasion of New Phyrexia puts them both to shame

One option that jumps out right away is that your creatures get destroyed, not sacrificed, so you could play indestructible stuff like various gods or Blightsteel Colossus