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There are a few exceptions to this, of course

However, many of our heavy hitters in this format have high Retreat Costs, so having to force your opponent to retreat or waste their resources to get their active away from Beartics attack is not a bad thing

Over on the forced combat side of things, Combat Calligrapher, Tomik, Wielder of Law, and Nils, Discipline Enforcer all feel pretty underwhelming

Green Devotion, as a deck with tons of creatures and few ways to destroy permanents, is very weak against Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver

My first takeaway when reading the card is that the ability isnt targeted, meaning that someone cant counter the spell by removing the creature