This straightforward, narrow sideboard tech had players worried about their decks being singled out, demanding emergency Commander bans, and bemoaning/gloating that Tron was finally dead (although that one happens during every spoiler season)
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Their main win-out is using Psychic Leap most of the time to avoid getting KOd
Surgical Extraction pairs well with Fulminator Mage against big mana decks, and can cripple some combo decks
It still helps you out in the cases where you "Brainstorm lock" yourself when compared with that same situation and not having the Brainstorm as you still get one card closer to that land and still get more options while you wait
An effect which says copy target spell puts that copy directly onto the stack, so it was neither cast nor played a technicality which could matter a lot for some errant spellslingers