Cards like the Pokeball are also staples of every deck, with no meta deck functioning without them
Instant speed is a huge deal, especially when you're trying to deal with a stack of Ocelot Pride tokens before they can attack
Admittedly, I cannot be certain how potent this strategy would be or if it would even be worth the slower nature of Araumi, I have to wonder if she wouldnt be well off in a ninjutsu deck
If you block an attacking creature then remove your blocking creature from combat somehow (often by sacrificing it or bouncing it back to hand), the attacking creature still counts as being blocked
Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord activates its -3 ability to play your Bloodthirsty Conqueror from your hand on turn 3 after you dropped Starscape Cleric on turn 2
It lets you cheat on the first equipment cost you pay per turn, which is great to keep your responses quick and flexible