Broodguard Elite Everyone adores the X spell game winning mana-sinking dork
Jason and I have bucked this trend by building Cubes where aggro can beat a Wrath, increasing the playability of spot removal (as well as its density), adding back in some sweeper effects, and creating a complex web of checks and balances that is more like the healthier Standard formats of a year or two ago, if not Modern or Legacy
Lavinias not as powerful at lower-powered tables where you wont encounter these strategies
(To proliferate, choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.) The value of X is determined only once, as Tromell's last ability resolves
Nevinyrral, Urborg Tyrant Nevinyrral, Urborg Tyrant is a fantastic choice for a control deck