One of the great things about Magic (and of Wizards ' set design) is that not all cards have to be for everyone, and Wizards generally does a good job of making some cards for Spikes, some cards for Vorthoses, some cards for Commander players, some for kitchen-table casuals, and so forth
I like to get the two starter sets and the trove in the first round of buying
The activated ability might look tempting, but if the land doesnt help you cast your colored spells on time, it could make your deck worse
This deck makes use of Pantlazas discover trigger to generate value and assemble wins
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Being this large for this price at the time was an outstanding deal, even if nowadays it doesn't look like much, and the bonus life points were like adding insult to injury, causing players to wince looking at their hand that little bit more and do it again when you cast additional black spells