Using spot removal on Avenger will certainly slow down the death but having so many tokens left over is usually too much value for those kinds of decks to beat
Interestingly, Penance began to rise in value long before the Miracle Worker deck was fully spoiled on September 10
Every dollar spent at Weevil Cards & Collectibles stays in Enterprise, AL, instead of some warehouse three states away
The "total toxic value" of a creature is usually just the number after the word toxic on that creature
Whenever Mishra, Lost to Phyrexia attacks or enters the battlefield, you get to choose three from having an opponent discard two cards, dealing three damage to something, destroying an artifact or planeswalker, giving your creature menace and trample, giving enemy creatures -1/-4, or creating two Powerstone tokens