As control players, we have the tools to interact with devotion on our own terms
You can play it early on your turn and let everyone know that blocking will likely mean that your creature will be exiled
This is very much "on average" and is much less certain than collecting Rares, because you may open 3 Mythics in a draft or you may go 10 drafts without opening any
This works well with cards like Howlpack Resurgence that give your creatures trample
Uncommon 135 Peter Pans Dagger Common 164 Launch Uncommon Pinocchio 36 Blue Fairy, Rewarding Good Deeds Uncommon 44 Jiminy Cricket, Pinocchios Conscience Common 56 Pinocchio, Star Attraction Rare 57 Pinocchio, On the Run Uncommon 58 Pinocchio, Talkative Puppet Uncommon 109 Honest John, Not That Honest Rare The Princess and the Frog 7 Eudora, Accomplished Seamstress Common 38 Dr
Exhume is a good combo when you can use your turn 1 to loot a big creature into the graveyard with cards like Consider or Faithless Looting, not to mention premium ones like Entomb
