Any mass removal spells from then on drain your opponents whether Sephiroth is in play or not
The best thing about all of these decks is that most of the individual pieces needed to construct them run you at most $15 for the rarer, higher impact cards, save for some of the outside cards like S:P Little Knight which, due to its rarity and limited rarity printing, can cost anywhere from $35 to $50
A card like Lightning Bolt counts as one unique card, even though it has been reprinted dozens of times across different sets with various artwork
We can even use the layer of counters politically if we want, but growing our fliers seems a bit more proactive
Like Ob Nixilis, Raffine has very specific homes that it can go into, but many 60-card constructed decks in Magic: The Gathering Pioneer and back have great rare land cycles that can help cast the card on turn three