Legendary Creature - Fox Color tag templates(None) Silent Arbiter No more than one creature can attack each combat
All the pitch cost counterspells are pretty painful on your other resources and all the other good counterspells require you to hold open too much mana
They often have abilities allowing them to return from the graveyard, create artifact tokens, and manipulate resources, making them ideal for strategies focused on attrition and long-term value
Standard has plenty of all three of those at the moment, so Barricade is a solid answer to bring in from the board
This white vampire disrupts hands relying on mana rocks to curve out and open the door to aggressive attacks you wouldnt have if they had blockers
Even better, there's no Graf Rats in the pairing, as both Fang and Vanille look perfectly playable on their own