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As an alternative for that, use Marie Favored Kitten or other strength buffing cards, then play Stabbington Brother Without a Patch to Rush in and take out must-remove characters

With decks becoming more and more reliant on their commanders, interaction like this helps you slow players down and force them to deal with the enchantment before anything else

If you put a counter on a permanent that has no mechanical relevance, it just sits there waiting to one day be useful

Even better when it is useful, as it will be on Afterlife Insurance quite often

You'd think so, at least, but when I looked it up on EDHREC it only shows up in 5306 decks - a mere fraction of the potential lists that could be running it