It has 3/4 power and toughness, deathtouch, and a Ward cost of "Get five poison counters." Its final line of text is a triggered ability that reads: "Whenever another creature you control with deathtouch dies, each opponent sacrifices a nontoken creature of their choice." Poison counters, which debuted in 1994s Legends set, are a mechanic that accumulates on a player rather than anything on the battlefield
Ice Veil of Shakur Plane: Zaegoth When you planeswalk to Ice Veil of Shakur, reomve all counters from all permanents
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Contempt was a staple for the longest time, not least because it was a great answer to Hazoret the Fervent, but Contempt has been sliding because its heavily played in Standard yet nonexistent in other formats
And the BG archetype has a toughness matters theme, as opposed to Flashback from MID