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Removing Third Path Iconoclast is an easy cut since were leaving the token strategies out of the deck and there are just better things we can be doing with our mana

The same is true for any counters that change its power and/or toughness and effects that switch power and toughness

Niv-Mizzet, Parun is vulnerable to stuff like Vraskas Contempt and Assassins Trophy, but even there, at least were drawing a card on the way out

At its worst it was an awkward Counterspell (real men still take mana burn) however at its best you would get to flop a Wurmcoil Engine into play on turn three or four often with counterspell backup as well