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Cackling Slasher easily tops that list
Here are some cards that, to me, definitively fall under the Stax banner: Stasis Winter Orb Static Orb Rising Waters Storm Cauldron Smokestack Words of Wind Back to Basics Drannith Magistrate Decree of Silence The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale The cards above are all notorious for stopping a game from happening, either through not allowing lands to untap, making it prohibitive to play creatures (the formats defining way to play), or by stopping you from playing your Commander (which is the point of the format, whether you like it or not)
Cycling ( , Discard this card: Draw a card.) Infest Rarity: Uncommon TYPE: Sorcery SUBTYPE: - CMC: 3 Mana cost: USD: $0.39 EUR: 0.70 TIX: 0.13 EDHREC RANK: 21025 All creatures get -2/-2 until end of turn
Understanding these allows you to anticipate an opponent's strategy and identify your own deck's fundamental game plan
Targeted removal stinks against this deck and everybody plays target removal