With that in mind, its important to remember that the prices of MTG cards are always subject to change, especially after being reprinted
Below, you won't see Vivi Ornitier, the Chocobo MTG commander or any of the precon deck leaders
Once you internalize that, the card evaluations below become obvious: ask of every card, is this a source or a payoff, and does the rest of my deck cover the other side? Best lifegain sources (the engines) You want repeatable, incremental gain lots of small triggers beat one big lifegain spell, because payoffs like Vito or Archangel of Thune care about the number of times you gain, not just the total
The more generically powerful your colorless columns, the more youll reward players for taking this approach
It doesn't matter how many creatures you attacked a player with, only that you attacked a player with at least one creature
4 Deadly Cover-Up Wipe The Board And Your Opponents Memory Sometimes very specific effects in Magic can only see the light of play when they come attached to other, more maindeckable cards