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The gifts bestowed by group hug decks are never free : each card you give to an opponent can translate to another card of your own, or more creatures under your control, or the removal of one of their biggest threats

Might and Magic tends to have a more narrow board with bigger threats, and Resist makes it easy to trade up to try to maintain board advantage

Counters are finite, so spend them where they change the outcome: Counter when: Do NOT counter when: The classic beginner mistake is over-countering : spending three cards to save one Character, then having an empty hand and losing the following turn

That means taking the elevator or climbing all 59 floors

In those days I considered a group game "advanced" Magic and one-on-one duels as basic/kids' stuff