Our environment tends to have lots of stuff with counters on them, so shutting down a popular line is a good idea, especially when its asymmetrical
Upgrade Goals I have some specific goals when upgrading Call for Backup : Switch our commander to Shalai and Hallar Add more +1/+1 Counter and Burn synergy cards Add more card draw Add another board wipe Add a powerful finisher I have a lot of experience making +1/+1 Counter decks and I've also got a paper Hallar, the Firefletcher that deals with both +1/+1 and Burn so I'm pretty familiar with the fun stuff these two overlapping archetypes can do
Orzhov Clerics Creatures (33) 3 Orah, Skyclave Hierophant 4 Cleric of Life's Bond 2 Skyclave Apparition 4 Luminarch Aspirant 4 Righteous Valkyrie 4 Elite Spellbinder 4 Chaplain of Alms 4 Lunarch Veteran 4 Voice of the Blessed Lands (23) Spells (4) Finally, Orah, Skyclave Hierophant makes a Standard appearance
Tinybones, Bauble Burglar The smallest things can be very scary and skeletons are a must for many around Halloween
When Hidetsugu and Kairi dies, exile the top card of your library