On top of aforementioned love notes, this deck does a few things extremely well: Plays extremely powerful finishers in Gandalf's Sanction and Fiery Inscription that go way over the top of everything else you can do in the format Dictates tempo and finishes out of nowhere
Here's a list of my favorite cycling cards for under $2: Scarab Feast, Aura Extraction, Censor, Clear, Miscalculation, Rapid Decay, Wipe Clean, Complicate, Expunge, Forsake the Worldly, Radiant's Judgment, Rescind, Resounding Wave, Spell Snip, Swat, Unburden, Akroma's Vengeance, Cast Out, Lay Claim, Decree of Silence Disruption: Jhessian Zombies, Noble Templar, Sanctum Plowbeast, Shoreline Ranger, Eternal Dragon, Ancient Excavation, Gleam of Resistance, Migratory Route Landcyclers: Barren Moor, Blasted Landscape, Drifting Meadow, Lonely Sandbar, Polluted Mire, Remote Isle, Secluded Steppe Lands: Angelsong, Gilded Light, Akroma's Blessing, Rune of Protection: Black (the entire cycle) Protection: Wander in Death Recursion: Cloud of Faeries, Esper Sojourners, Vizier of Tumbling Sands, Scion of Darkness Untap: Curator of Mysteries, Horror of the Broken Lands, Dirge of Dread, Decree of Justice Other: Cycling Zur ($53) Here's a sample list to give you an idea on how all the pieces can fit together: Whenever I build a deck, I start with a base ratio of 50 mana sources (lands + ramp), 6 spot removal, 3 board wipes, 10 sources of card advantage (mostly card draw), 2 recursion, 1 graveyard removal, and 2 flexible tutors
Next, we have what some players refer to as tutors. A holdover term from the original trading card game, Magic: The Gathering , tutors will search your deck and find a card
Yes, theres an easy way to accelerate Energy
Use its high HP to your advantage
Here we see Charizard battling another fully evolved starter Pokmon, Venusaur
