You force them to spend multiple removal spells on the card before being able to damage you again, which results in huge resource losses for decks that heavily depend on them
Here is my guess as to the probable order these will be chosen in: 5 Zombie tokens Discarding hand Life total is 4 Now there are obvious changes
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)
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First, fans could customize their card by selecting a deck color and background
There is something here for everyone and almost every format