In the vast majority of games, the life that your opponent gains from you nuking their creatures with Swords to Plowshares will not amount to much, unless theyre playing a black deck with life-to-resource cards (watch out for Toxic Deluge or worse, Yawgmoths Bargain !) Swords to Plowshares isnt a particularly expensive card, and its very easy to find
Counter Blitz is the Final Fantasy 10 deck, and based on the game's sphere grid, which translates to Magic in the form of +1/+1 counters
Branching Evolution is a top-notch choice thanks to the enchantments counter-doubling effect, but Freed from the Real is helpful in how it allows you to continually untap Yuna and spam her tap-activated ability
While Klomparens stated the ban was not intended to make Oops unplayable, cutting their valid win conditions by half is a fairly unambiguous move to push the deck back to novelty status
That could be Esper Sentinel , Serra Ascendant , Mother of Runes , or whatever utility piece your deck relies on
The only fast mana is Sol Ring, there are no infinite combos, and there is only one extra combat spell (Seize the Day)