If your deck includes creatures that love tapping for meaningful abilities, these bracers make every activation pull double duty
1 It's important to point out that this color combination is one of utility, not always sheer power
As soon as Decimator Beetles ability resolves, state-based actions are checked, and the game sees that you have both counter types on your Servant, so one +1/+1 counter and one -1/-1 counter are removed at the same time (resulting in Servant dying)
This realization has inspired me to start a new feature that I'm calling "Nuts & Bolts." In these columns I'm going to take some little pesky detail which is essential to our process and walk you through all that it entails
Its main drawback is its Dimir color identity, which limits its Commander usage to + decks
Maybe it had custom art, maybe it was a reference to some show or anime, but it was something special