These cards dont sell well on eBay, either
Many can be proactive or reactive based on your needs Lightning Helix can be sent at the opponent's face, or it can be removal for a pesky planeswalker or creature
11 damage will be used to reduce our Colossuss toughness to zero, leaving 4 Trample damage to being applied to us
Since the fair bucket contains a lot of redundancy and the unfair bucket doesn't, it tends to be a battle between consistency and power level
In fact, Wizards ' marketing is designed to push players in this direction, from kitchen tables to FNMs and beyondthis is the pathway they have built, with an ever-increasing level of commitment and competition (of course, there's no single path in Magic , and there's absolutely nothing wrong with playing the game however you like, so don't worry if you haven't followed this path)