It's very hard to interact with paradigm spells outside of burning a counterspell every turn, you just have to get over the hump of resolving the first 7-mana spell and ride the value every turn thereafter
The number of players in leagues on Magic Online is up around 400% from its low a year or so ago
Your deck is like your army, your arsenal, and your spellbook all wound up into one
The Traveling Chocobo is also available in collector boosters in neon blue, green, pink, and yellow, and for the Mels out there, the mechanics on each of these is identical with a very good play from the top of your library effect and triggered ability doubler
This leads to another important point: Mirkwood Bats hits each opponent rather than targeting a single player
Emissary is the perfect white curve topper