"Does this mean The List is taking over the function of bonus sheets?"
For the last few months, MTG Standard has been a pretty hostile place for Control players
A six mana 5/5 is nothing to write home about, but Slurks ability to buff your entire board when one of your creatures dies in a +1/+1 counter-centric strategy certainly is, giving you some very solid insurance against removal and tricky combat steps
If for some reason youre in a pinch, you can cycle Agonasaur Rex for three mana
Norn's Annex , Propaganda , Ghostly Prison , Archon of Absolution , Baird, Steward of Argive , Sphere of Safety and Windborn Muse all stop opponents attacking you unless they pay a certain amount per creature
This taught me two things: It's much quicker to dry out a card than to rehydrate one