My friend Swag has an [card]Ephara, God of the Polis[/card], deck that I think epitomizes this particular element in our Unified Theory
This means, that the cost of activating the ability (1 colorless energy) is meaningless if the rival has an ability that costs 3 energy (from any type), as Ditto won't be able to use the attack, and will waste its turn doing basically nothing
Or count the countertops on which the card has cumulatively been countered
There's something vaguely funny about how, after sending out all her generals, Elesh Norn has a brief Beat when she realizes she has no one left to talk to, since Nissa is the only one left in the chamber and is busy commanding Realmbreaker
Magic: The Gathering stands as the world's first, and arguably best, trading card game inspiring the likes of Yu-Gi-Oh
that is a potent equalizer