Mental Misstep counters more cards in Legacy, Modern, and even Vintage than one can imagine
The deck focuses on casting efficiently costed creatures that synergize with strong spells to generate massive value
High Noon A stax piece that shuts down some of the most powerful strategies in Magic: The Gathering like MTG Cascade or Storm, High Noon is going to be super infuriating to face off against
A two mana 2/2 with this Ward ability is a passable two drop, and getting a free Equip can be really sweet
It does, however, ask that you have a creature on the battlefield, where spells like Animate Dead, Reanimate, Exhume, and Unburial Rites do not
There was a lot of enthusiasm within Wizards for making a card of this character