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I dont think Protection Magic is going to be the best option for every deck, but in decks that can proliferate counters this one is going to do a surprising amount of work

As a multi-format all-star in Modern, Pioneer, and Commander, it has a high price floor that will remain strong even after it rotates from Standard in February 2027

The answer was simple, although the execution was complicated

Or maybe it serves some of the Kroxa, Titan of Deaths Hunger role in those Rakdos-based decks as a high drop without being yet another graveyard-dependent card

It was actually initially created for Planechase cards, but Im reasonably sure that the format which would become Commander was already on their minds