Opponent goes t1
Champion of the Parish, t2 Gather the Townsfolk on the play. Hits you for 3. You untap and
Volcanic Hammer the champ. They untap, hit you for 2, then play
Fabled Hero. You untap, cast
Augur of Bolas, hit a
Hero's Downfall, pass. They untap,
Bonds of Faith their
Fabled Hero and smash you, leaving up 1W.
Opponent goes t1
Champion of the parish, t2
Gather the Townsfolk on the play. Before combat you
Lightning Bolt the champ. Untap, t2
Augur of Bolas hitting a
Hero's Downfall. They untap, no attacks, no spells for the turn. You untap, land go. They untap, land,
Fabled Hero leaving up W, go.
Slowing down your removal has a cascading effect on how games play out, especially if the point is to focus the power of the format into synergies. If you need to hit your "combos" to do powerful things, being on the play becomes an even bigger advantage. If being on the draw means you are more than a turn behind in terms of development all the time, having your removal set you even further behind doesn't help! Your removal might not even work if you fall just a little bit too far behind!
WOTZ has made lots of great limited formats with weaker or otherwise limited removal in order to place the emphasis on threats and creating a synergistic board, rather than answers and controlling the board. This is nothing new.
They also fill those formats with random vanilla creatures whose only role is to attack and block; even some creatures whose only real role is to block. In fact the P/T dynamic between those boring creatures is probably more important to the health of the format than whatever removal vs. synergy dynamic is at work.
Triple Theros was a weak removal, synergy/board position format. There were a lot of cool things to do with your mana every turn and such. The problem was that threats outpaced the removal by quite a bit and also outpaced your opponent's ability to meaningfully block, so games often came down to races. While it was a reasonable format, I don't think anybody who has played triple Theros more than once thinks "this is a great format that I want to relive constantly through my cube."
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