Basic tips and tricks that you all can share that is usually not found in primers

So as the title says, what basic tips and tricks can you share that might help us all get better? I feel I learn something new every day about magic, which completely makes sense, but even though I have played for many years there is still some basic interactions or even loops that surprise me.

The tip I saw today was that you can use [[Flare of Duplication]] to copy [[Silence]], which then counters the the original silence and obviously also benefits the rest of the turn.

A very basic I learned fairly early, but still was a surprise to me, was that you don't have to name a card in your deck for [[Demonic Consultation]], but just name whatever card to mill yourself.

So what other tips and tricks can you all share?

EDIT It seems I misunderstood the duplication of Silence and it does not counter the original Silence but still can be a beneficial interaction to do in case someone uses Silence to have a protected win.

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u/stie112 — 4 hours ago