Unless your opponent has an overwhelming board advantage, she is almost impossible to race, can weaken opposing 《Dreadhorde Arcanist》s, shrink 《Tarmogoyf》 and sometimes delay 《Hooting Mandrills》, especially recast ones that you 《Submerge》d previously. While I wasn’t convinced about 《Klothys》 in the mirror immediately upon picking up RUG Delver, I consider her one of the strongest post-board options now.

Again, this is contextual and there will be situations where you actually want to play into a potential 《Daze》, for example if that will make it easier to resolve 《Klothys, God of Destiny》 on your own turn. Even if you are 《Daze》-proof while their 《Oko》 is on the stack, consider letting it resolve and blasting him on their end-step, to play around 《Veil of Summer》.

When blasting an opposing 《Oko》, remember to try playing around 《Daze》, if you can afford to, by letting them create a Food Token, untapping for your turn, and then blasting their 《Oko》. The post-board games still mostly revolve around the green creatures, and a little less around 《Oko》, due to the presence of 《Pyroblast》 / 《Red Elemental Blast》. I believe this comes down to personal playstyle preference more than an answer of right or wrong, although I think you are already unfavored on the draw and the possibility of stealing the game by hitting your opponent’s only land outweighs the potential tempo loss if they do have another land.

There are other discussions about intricacies and general gameplay patterns in the mirror, such as whether you should 《Wasteland》 your opponent on the draw if they led off with 《Delver of Secrets》, and how much that decision is influenced by whether or not their land drop was a fetch-land.

Also, you can often use the window created after a counter-war over a green creature to resolve 《Oko》, which usually trumps 《Tarmogoyf》 and 《Hooting Mandrills》 in pre-board games, where players don’t have access to 《Pyroblast》 effects, yet. Still, even pre-board, a resolved green creature on your opponent’s side doesn’t have to mean they run away with the game, since you can still resolve your own to create a stalemate.

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