But when a lock piece shuts down your play preemptively, it does so before that choice can even become apparent, before that decision tree has the chance to entertain you with its possibilities
This category I'm delineating as cards that either flip using the old werewolf tech, using mana, or mostly instantly (Skin Invasion, Garruk Relentless etc)
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Most obviously, it is great against token decks, turning Legion's Landing, Servo Exhibition, Lingering Souls, and Bitterblossom tokens into useless attackers, but it also provides a reasonable answer to combo decks like Storm, where the first ability on Amulet of Safekeeping works like a Flusterstorm that's always sitting on the battlefield against a card like Grapeshot
Arvin (Scarlet & Violet Base Set) ~$3 Not quite as valuable as the Obsidian Flames version, but still worth pulling out