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You can remove counters from Sagas to allow them to stick around, and even trigger the third chapter ability of Sagas repetitively

It might be that outside of decks with Humans, Dire Tactics is good but just not quite as good as other options in the format that either cost less (in mana and life) or are more flexible (exiling non-creature permanents along with creatures)

Alternatively, you can use mancala pebbles and add one pebble for each counter

The worry is that nine mana may as well be ten or twelve or a million and a nine-drop in Modern should do something that rounds off to win the game

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