Magus of the Moon- This card has become increasingly important ever since Modern Horizons 2. Obviously, this card is a complete shutdown to Tron, which is nice because the deck doesn't have much that can answer a T3 tron into something big. However, Tron is falling out of the meta, so
Magus of the Moon is mostly going to be brought in against decks like amulet titan, Scapeshift, or honestly any deck that runs
Urza's Saga. This card can be boarded in pretty safely due to the fact that it is a creature, so the deck doesn't lose much beatdown power from boarding out creatures.
Knight of Autumn- This card is mostly just a catch-all creature. You can board it in against hyper-aggro decks for life gain. It can be brought in against basically any deck that runs artifacts or enchantments. Since it can become a 4/3 if no other modes are needed, it can also work as a great beater, so you don't lose much attack potential (Similar to magus)
Deflecting Palm- This card works great as an unexpected combat trick against beefy decks. The main uses for this card are against
Murktide Regent and
Death's Shadow. Although both of these decks can run counters (Depending on how they're built),
Deflecting Palm is great bait for counters. This can open up your opponent to hard removal such as
Path to Exile or
Unholy Heat.
Scavenging Ooze- Scooze is a great card for both its beatdown potential, and graveyard hate. Decks like UR Murktide can often rely on their graveyard to fuel their creatures.
Scavenging Ooze works great at eating away their graveyard, making it difficult for them to gain a steady ground. If they manage to kill
Scavenging Ooze, then it opens you up to the option of becoming hyper aggressive so that they don't have time to refuel their graveyard.
Thrun, the Last Troll- Thrun is a classic powerhouse. Against decks that heavily rely on removal,
Thrun, the Last Troll can act as either an unkillable stone wall, or a constant beater. He is also extremely important against blue decks due to his uncounterable feature. He is on the higher curve of the deck, so he'll usually come out in the later rounds. However, this is mostly unimportant due to the fact that, even unsupported,
Thrun, the Last Troll can literally control the entire game due to his sheer board presence and persistent nature.
Void Mirror- This card seems quite odd in a deck which runs
Mishra's Bauble,
Bloodbraid Elf and
Bloodbraid Marauder. However, this card definitely serves it's purpose. Most of the time, this card will be brought in against decks like elementals, tron, or cascade combo decks. Although their decks can still function with
Void Mirror on the battlefield, it severely slows them down. This can buy you the needed time to beat down, even with less value pieces like the Bloodbraid twins.
