That said, the value in question is holding pretty strong at the $5,000 mark
If you do, it gains haste, and it's returned from the battlefield to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.)
It only takes three hits to a player to knock them out through infect damage with Skithryx, fewer if you have a way to pump up his power by even one point
Building a collection full of expansive cards that fit into a bunch of different decks is one of the easiest ways to stretch your Magic dollars, and lands are a great place to start the process
Even if they're not that great, most collections have a few random ones slipped in somewhere from across the vast card pool of Magic
This ability works for all life gain, not just that provided by Food, meaning you can take advantage of Soul Sister effects or looping Kitchen Finks combos to turbocharge your Treefolk forces