It still sees a reasonable amount of play in the juiced-up Commander format according to EDHREC data, but where it really shines is Premodern
They dont have a huge selection, as they only sell official one piece card game items, but they do have far far more to choose from than any other card store weve been into
For example, if you blight 2 and put two -1/-1 counters on a creature with three +1/+1 counters on it, two of those +1/+1 counters and the two -1/-1 counters will be removed, leaving the creature with only a single +1/+1 counter on it
It might not buy you out of big trouble, but youre positively presenting yourself to the other player
Recursion is necessary not only to power through removal, but also to get back what you lose from Wheel effects, or from being milled