For the mana, I think I've been hoping some of the indirect mana sources (blink or reanimate Lobelia Sackville-Baggins, steal mana rock with Yuffie, Materia Hunter, even out land advantage with Knight of the White Orchid, etc) would play out, but I definitely see what you mean
They are similar conceptually, but it is important you dont get them mixed up
Even if an opponent fires off a Teferi's Protection to save them, you can just create an arbitrarily large Ballista and shoot that player down when they phase back in
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