huge it was, and nobly proportioned
Both put counters on creatures, invalidating their ability to attack you or planeswalkers you control, but Nils works more like a Ghostly Prison effect based on the number of counters creatures have
Cool effect to see on a body
In a way, the opponents turn, where you get to use the different traps as interruptions, could be portrayed as some sort of competition the swordman has gone to after training, to close off the narrative there with the results of their matches, aka, how much they are able to stop their opponent, being the climax
Mite is a creature type for cards that depict small parasitic arachnids that may infest animals, plants, and stored foods and may transfer phyresis
Though that combo isn't quick enough to make Enduring Tenacity more than a bit player in Standard, it's the kind of card that life-gain and life-drain decks in EDH love to play with, as it's effectively a second copy of Sanguine Bond (albeit cheaper and slightly more vulnerable to exile-based removal)