7 Fork A Red Instant for two red mana, Fork copied any Instant or Sorcery card but they remained red
Given that Merfolk go wide with creatures, a free counter spell at the cost of one lowly Merfolk can be game-saving and/or game-winning
9 Anzrag, The Quake-Mole (Showcase) Value - $21.02 A Gruul god of Ravnica, Anzrag, the Quake-Mole is an amazingly powerful card, and has been the subject to plenty of talk in Commander circles
We have some slide sideboard hate cards, but in general, we're probably not favored against fast combo decks because we're usually not fast enough to race (although we have a shot if we can draw the right sideboard cards)
The trouble is that Ghen doesnt have a card draw effect, and without green, the rest of the deck doesnt go quite fast enough if Ghen and/or the graveyard is whacked
However, even in the 2010s, Wizards was still in trial and error mode, such as with Planeswalker cards