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It forces the player to consider what they would do with a free, but mostly useless, creature in the command zone

Add powerful options like , , or to keep your hand full of threats

Songs and actions like Be Our Guest help smooth your hand while items like Sword of Truth reinforce your defensive stance

The Great Henge, Ashnods Altar, Sunforger, Panharmonicon, Aetherflux Reservoir, Isochron Scepter, Birthing Pod

Usually, this two-mana creature goes into decks where most of the cards dont cost that much mana, and where the benefit of having an extra card each turn outweighs the downside of losing life

Classic cards such as Massacre Wurm (creatures your opponents control get -2/-2 until end of turn, and then opponents lose 2 life per creature that dies) or Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite (creatures you control get +2/+2, creatures opponents control get -2/-2) often destroy aggressive decks, especially if brought into play earlier than normally expected