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Poison the Well If youre not able to get a poison counter in with the infect or toxic creature package, there are a few spells that your opponents wont be able to evade

First strike is primarily used as an offensive weapon to push your creatures through, but can also serve as a defensive measure to keep opposing creatures at bay

Omnath, Locus of All brings with it the power of Phyrexia

Ascend lets us just pump Mana Geyser or other effects into this, and for the same cost, get back as many creatures as we like

Pillow fort cards are popular in defensive strategies whose goal is to stay safe long enough to set up a win condition, especially in multiplayer formats like Commander