Our deck is loaded with ping cards: we're looking for cards that are as mana-efficient and repeatable as possible, like Manabarbs, Spiteful Visions, and Kessig Flamebreather, or utility pingers like Pestilence which clears the board of opposing creatures while pinging
It can shut down any of your opponents spells that let them take bonus turns, locking them out of any sort of combo shenanigans they might have up their sleeves
Jafar, Striking Illusionist This Jafar card raised eyebrows during spoiler season, for the devastating combo with Aladdin's A Whole New World
Gilded Lotus Now, to one of the more contentious entries on this list
Darien, King of Kjedor Were taught early on when playing MTG that life is a resource
Bloodghast 5.5/10 This little critter is so convenient you wind up playing him in quite a range of places