Now lets get to the cards themselves
In limited, make sure to fill your side of the board with creatures like Imperial Subduer which will tap down beefy blockers, uncommon Selfless Samurai that will add Lifelink to solo-attackers, or Peerless Samurai, which will reduce the cost of your next spell cast that turn, effectively ramping you
This, combined with a misunderstanding of card quality, leads to a number of reasonable players trying to cheat on their lands
Maid Marian works because she throws off the opponent's math
Marrow-Gnawer Rat Colony and some friends
Hushbringer can stop everything from Dockside Extortionist to Blood Artist , so it might be worth running fewer of your own enters-the-battlefield creatures to deter certain powerful cards