Turn this serpent sideways, get Koma's Coil tokens, use them as blockers, and start again on your next turn
It does limit what you can cast based on damage so some planning is involved and you have to connect, but free spell is free spell
A stock build of Nymris loads up on Flash stuff and mostly filters the cards by keeping the best one, a strategy that is honestly pretty good
I think this disruptiveness is a key counter-play to control, and a healthy balance to decks that overwhelm opponents with card advantage
You can target anything with this, so you can give someone elses Commander A little nudge out of the door
BPhillipYork: I do kind of like how WotC will invent some creature type, like wumpus, and keep revisiting it every few years