If you have more land than your opponent, or if your spells are cheaper than their counterspells, or if (as above) you have instants to lead with during their end step, it can pay to save threats in hand until they exceed the number of solutions your opponent can pay for, regardless of if they have them
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In other words, as you sacrifice Food or Mutagen tokens or lose creatures in battle, he buffs one of your remaining creatures and/or transforms a remaining token into a creature
Another solution is simply to play Destructive Flow in a deck full of cheap cards and kill your opponent with one- and two-drops while no one can cast anything bigger
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