If you are continuously beat in the face by a Voltron Commander , Pacifism gets the job done, maybe even better than a Swords to Plowshares
The latter piece of equipment is a 2 drop 2 equip +1/+1 granter, both twice as expensive as Short Sword, but when it swings you can ramp out a basic land from your library tapped and that's good for the mana needs of this brew and double triggers is nice
#14 Hysterical Blindness The panic is amusing, but the real fun comes when the spell passes and the villagers start looking for a scapegoat. Ludevic, necro-alchemist A hilarious quip from Ludevic here is made even funnier by his parting jab at the nature of humanity
Proxies: Acceptable Replacements (for casual play) If what you really want is a playable stand-into test a deck, play casually, or protect expensive originalsthen youre not looking for counterfeits
Before we move on to red, can we take a moment and look at this card