Given how available this card is, a PSA 9 or equivalent does not return much over raw, so grade for gem-mint candidates only
It comes down to the fact that I want my entire deck to have the same look and feel, which a foil does not facilitate amongst 99 other cards
Cards like Ghostway or Eerie Interlude are examples of blink cards that ramp this defense up to the next level, each being capable of turning a board wipe like Supreme Verdict against the rest of the table, regardless of who cast it
Also great with Tamiyo's -2 ability (Draw a card for each tapped creature target player controls.) Wind Strider: Strong in Limited
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That makes it useful in just about any white deck, and thats being borne out so far in the new Standard, with the trusty pup being slotted into +1/+1 counter decks, vanilla aggro decks, and even some multicolored ones