This is a fair trade, especially with 40 starting life and several ways to gain life during your upkeep
Timing restrictions based on the card's type are ignored, but other restrictions (such as "Cast [this card] only during combat") are not
Even non-EX cards like Meowscarada and Rampardos can use Red to dish out a crazy 150 DMG against EX mons
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Pack in a little mana ramp and a few mid-range creatures to keep you going early, then supersize Polukranos and Shipbreaker Kraken
Late , with your Life total low, counters become survival, boosting your Leader to deny the lethal attack while you close