Obviously, the best thing is to cast Take the Bait in response to someone trying to take you out with an alpha strike, forcing a do-over but with everything goaded and having to attack your other opponents
With the Caretaker around, you get to put two +1/+1 counters on another creature you control at the start of combat on your turn
Thats when I made this Dimir mill deck led by Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
BPhillipYork: Solid big fat Eldrazi that grabs an opponents creature and lets you slam it into someone else
When it was banned, Wizards cited the reason for its banning as being poor color representation for red alongside the UR Twin deck taking up a large enough portion of the meta (around ten percent) that it was barring other deck strategies from having a proper chance
There are a few cards that are expensive and are cEDH staples, but they are just very good cards and should not see much of a bump