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The best part about it is something that's a sort of pattern among the best cards on this list: It can be cast for just 1 mana

They are played to your board but cant quest or challenge on their first turn

Sage of the Beyond

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Conversely, if a Hades you control is dealt lethal damage by a spell you own, the spell will be exiled, and then Hades will be exiled as well

This list includes several Fogs because theyre efficient means of preventing all combat damage, but we also have cards that grant protection, which prevents damage from specific sources, and cards that grant indestructible to your creatures, which doesnt prevent the damage but makes it irrelevant