You dont see Merfolk Mistbinder as often due to its color requirements and lacking the islandwalk text, but its still a 2-mana lord for your creature type and deserves a shoutout at the very least, as does Deepchannel Duelist from Lorwyn Eclipsed
You can use this Lotus to add three mana to your mana pool, which can catapult you well ahead of your opponents early in a game, making it a valuable way to show off to your opponents
Full of beefy characters and direct damage actions, Steel is one of the most straightforward ink colors to understand
The Mana Before getting to our sideboard surprise, I wanted to mention the deck's mana base really quickly, mostly because I think it's the easiest way to upgrade the deck
The best way to mitigate the card disadvantage is to incorporate cards that can provide value from the graveyard, like cards with flashback or jump-start
Surveil MTG Mechanic The instruction to surveil always includes a number, such as surveil 2 on Deadly Visit