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There are a treasure trove of artifacts that cost zero or one mana, from Ornithopter to Chromatic Sphere, that can turn this into a broken card draw engine

Other notable creature types are Nightmares, Mice, Giants and Satyrs

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The amount of mana it generates, combined with being a win condition on its own, is just massive for a Modern card

Note that's any land, not just basics

With the help of Wrenn and Realmbreaker, he once again made a great sacrifice and switched Zhalfir with New Phyrexia, and thus freed his homeland while he time-locked the Phyrexians, at the cost of his planeswalker spark