Although it takes the form of a competition, the participation method is simple and the atmosphere is light, so it is an event that beginners can participate without feeling burdened
Black Lotus is a mono artifact (meaning it can only be played once) with no casting cost (so no mana is required) that allows a player to add three mana of any single colour to their mana pool
This not only allows your deck to have access to additional colors but also helps get around the command tax since each of your commanders gets its own command tax, helping ensure you always have something to play from the command zone if you have nothing better to do
Art director Zack Stella loosened the game's usual imaginative realism to include more gestural styles, from Rovina Cais Rabbit Response to Eli Minayas Psychic Whorl
Brass Infiniscope and Elementalist's Palette are archetypal mana rocks, while Owlin Spiralmancer and Unbound Flourishing help you to double up on your expensive X-costs
Another angle is to fill out the deck with Thallids and other creatures that make Saprolings, like Utopia Mycon, Elvish Farmer, and Nemata, Primeval Warden
