My last anecdote concerns a very special card shown here: Ragavan needs no introduction, but this is the Secret Lair Prize version
$1.49 Cloudblazer Masters 25 $279.99 Phyrexian Arena Apocalypse $0.79 Remote Isle Urza's Saga $0.39 Drifting Meadow Urza's Saga $17.99 Living Death Tempest $8.99 Karmic Guide Urza's Legacy $0.59 Polluted Mire Urza's Saga $27.99 Talisman of Hierarchy (1057 - Foil Etched) Secret Lair $0.69 Barren Moor Onslaught $7.99 Fluctuator Urza's Saga $0.49 Lonely Sandbar Onslaught $3.99 Blasted Landscape Urza's Saga 0 results found
(If a permanent with a finality counter on it would be put into a graveyard from the battlefield, exile it instead.) Finality counters work on any permanent, not only creatures
If its the second time, add
Partner Tom with Goldberry, River-Daughter and you'll have a way to manipulate the progress of the Sagas
Weird exceptions like Finest Hour aside, this means most decks havent experienced the joy of the extra combat phase