When it comes to UW Control, try siding in Pithing Needle and cast it as soon as possible to get in under those counterspells
Getting 2/2s simply for playing Magic is a strong ability on its own, and opens up options for mana ramp, Voltron (making 1 creature super strong through powerups), Curses like Curse of Opulence for table politicking, and several other cool, unique effects that Auras can bring to the table as you build a token army
The bane of white-blue decks in that format was Cabal Torturer, and without Psionic Gift, the only good way to deal with this creature was to splash red or black as a third color, weakening your mana base
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Prowess with haste is awfully good, and just when you run out of gas, you can drop this and flip it for a total of 4 mana in the right deck, and draw three cards
Commanders like Yidris enable cascade strategies that overwhelm opponents with value
