Illustrated by Pavel Kolomeyets Standard Legal Alchemy Legal Pioneer Legal Historic Legal Modern Legal Brawl Legal Legacy Legal Comp
Run a bunch of other must-answer haymakers and lightning rods that can eat removal, or stick, if the card in question is removed
What went wrong for Shadow Rider
The color pair has flexibility in that it can also employ knight tribal, second-card-matters, Food, and ramp, but by and large it wants to play good cards and great cards that make good cards better
Note that other than the colorless mana spent, there are no other costs here like tapping or once per turn or only on your turn
Far better to slap it on a creature which can deal damage as an activated ability, and gain the power to steal any creature at any time like a juiced-up Memnarch