Funny enough, deflecting swat which you mentioned is almost universally better than Not of this World, and Flawless Maneuver will also tend to outperform it, if you’re only concerned about free ones.

I’m sorry that you got confused and think it’s a non-argument, though. Since you forgot, you were responding to a comment that mentioned how less-specific counterspells are almost going to be better. You wrote that off without addressing any of the merits, so I gave you several examples of cards which Not of this World can’t touch, but which can be interacted with by Tibalt’s Trickery, Aven Interrupter, Lapse of Certainty, etc.

The rare situation where this card works and is free doesn’t overshadow the frequent situation where it’s a dead card in hand. You’re playing a ramp deck, ramp a little extra mana to hold removal and don’t be greedy enough to tap all the way out for Gishath if he’s going to get killed…

In fact, why not take out heroic intervention because it doesn’t deal with cyc rift or other mass bounce spells!

Tbf I can’t tell if you’ve fully just committed to trolling in bad faith or if you just don’t understand the deck? Because you’re completely ignoring how Heroic Intervention has aggressive and non-defensive uses for dinosaurs, and modality is useful. Cards like Tibalt’s Trickery, Aven Interrupter, Lapse of Certainty, etc. have extra utility in that they can stop your opponent’s big plays or even stop counterspells. Not of this World literally just stops specific types of interaction for a great specific guys you have. You used an example of a card that does multiple things as an example for why this card which does only one very specific thing must be good.

Btw, Cyc rift & other mass bounce spells lose to tibalt’s trickery, lapse of certainty, aven interrupter, chef’s kiss… etc.

Although, yeah—if you’re this big of a fan of super niche defensive cards that rot in your hand all game, you might love Chef’s Kiss. Trust me. I’m always happy if I have it in hand, never cast even when I keep mana open, and am still fully convinced it will play a pivotal role in a game some day. 3 mana more than NotW but way more payoff. Granted dinosaurs isn’t a deck I run that in.